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Petition of a guardian to the king about an unpaid loan owed to an orphan TM 3994Herakleopolites88 - 81 v.Chr.

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A fragmentary petition to King Ptolemy (Soter II) from a Macedonian hipparch acting as guardian of an orphan, son of Soterichos, of the katoikic cavalry of the Herakleopolite nome. It concerns a loan of oil(?) and bronze money made by the orphan's father to a group of mutually liable debtors, Persians of the epigone, who failed to repay.

In English machine translation

To King Ptolemy, God Soter, greetings […] […] son of Ischyrion, Macedonian, hipparch over men […] guardian of [the] katoikic cavalrymen [in] the Herakleopolite nome […] [… so-and-so] son of Soterichos, an orphan, of the katoikic cavalry […] […] Choiak, Ptolemaios son of Herakleides, one of the (king's) acquaintances […] […] to the father of the orphan, in Philadelphos, having lent to Apollonios also called Haryotes the elder and Apollonios also called Haryotes the younger, called […] both sons of Phatres, and to Heron also called Th[…] son of Phatres and to Apollonios […] and to Soterichos also called […] [… and to Apoll]onios also called Haryotes son of Asphis and to Dionysios [also called] […] […] and to Herakleides also called Enthortoios(?) son of Phibis and […] […] son of Petosiris and to Didymos also called Onnophris son of Onnophris […] […] son of Onnophris and to Euarchos also called T[…] son of Haryotes and H[…] […] son of Paesis and to Apollonios also called Harkatytes son of Poros […] […] Persians of the epigone, according to a loan contract […] […] 22 1/2 choes and 26 talents of bronze, of interest […] […] of the debtors, mutually liable for payment, made […] [according to] the stated agreement, and he having kept […] […] by interest, and the debtors not having done what is right […] […] nor to Soterichos the (amount) according to the contract […] […] and a further larger amount having accrued […] […] both Soterichos and further Ptolemaios […]

"Persians of the epigone" was a legal status for borrowers that allowed seizure of the person for debt. The substance lent (measured in choes) is lost; "[…]taktou" may be part of a commodity description."}

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Eingabe). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

bgu.14.2374

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 88 - 81 v.Chr. · Herakleopolites

Βασιλεῖ Πτολεμαίωι Θεῶι Σωτῆρι χαίρεῖν […] […]… Ἰσχυρίωνος Μακεδὼν ἱππάρχης ἐπʼ ἀνδρῶν […]τῶν ἐν τῶι Ἡρακλεοπολίτηι κατοίκων ἱππέων ἐπίτροπος ἀνεγλ[…] […]δεῖνος τοῦ Σωτηρίχου ὀρφανοῦ τῶν κατοίκων ἱππέων[…] […]…[…]Χοιὰχ Πτολεμαῖος Ἡρακλείδου τῶν ἐν γνώσει ὄντων[…] […]τῶι τοῦ ὀρφαν…