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Draft or copy of a petition from Peteminis of Mouchis to the dioiketes Athenodoros, complaining that Pythion, oikonomos of the Polemon division of the Arsinoite nome, mishandled the beer-sale concession of Mouchis and extorted money from him, for which he had to pledge garments. Since Pythion has absconded, he asks that the case be sent to the chrematistai judges or that the police chief order Pythion's arrest.
The zytera was the state beer monopoly, farmed out to concessionaires; the chrematistai were travelling royal judges. Many passages are damaged and several readings are uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Petition to the Dioiketes). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
(Draft/copy of a) Petition addressed to the dioiketes Athenodoros by Peteminis alias Ptolemaios, who, as the third concessionaire for the beer sales in Mouchis in 193/192 B.C., felt he was wronged by the oikonomos who had given him the concession
[1] Ἀθηνοδώρωι διοικητῆι παρὰ Πετεμίνιος τῶν ἐκ Μούχεως τῆς Πολέμωνος μερίδος· ἀδικοῦμαι ὑπὸ Πυθίωνος τοῦ οἰκονομοῦντος τὴν αὐτὴν μερίδα. Ὀννώφριος γὰρ τοῦ ἐκλαβόντος τὴν ζυτηρὰν Μούχεως εἰς τὸ ιγ ἔτος … σαντος ἐν τῶι Φαῶφι διὰ τὰς τοῦ Πυθίωνος παραλογείας προσεβάλετο Πυθίων Πετε…
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