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https://papyri.info/ddbdp/upz;1;10 Ελληνικά: Βασιλεῖ Πτολεμαίωι καὶ Βασιλίσσηι Κλεοπάτραι
τ[ῆ]ι ἀδελφῆι θεοῖς Φιλομήτορσι χαίρειν Πτολεμαῖος Γλαυκίου Μακεδὼν τῶν ἐν κατοχῆι ὄντων ἔτος τοῦτο τρεισκαιδέκατον ἐν τῶι πρὸς Μέμφει μεγάλωι Σαραπιείωι. ὑπαρχούσης μοι πατρικῆς οἰκίας περὶ κώμην Ψῖχιν τοῦ Ἡρακλεοπολίτου καὶ ταύτης κατεσπασμένης καὶ τῶν ἀπʼ αὐτῆς φορτίων διενηνεγμένων ὄντων ἀξίων χαλκοῦ (ταλάντων) κ ὑπὸ τῶν γειτνιώντων μοι Ἑσπέρου καὶ Ἀταίου τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ Πολέμωνος οἱ δηλούμενοι οὐκ ἀρκεσθέντες ἐφʼ οἷς ἦσαν διαπεπραγμένοι ἔτι καὶ τὴν προσοῦσαν αὐλὴν καὶ τὸν τῆς οἰκίας τόπον ψιλὸν περιοικοδομήσαντες χρῶνθʼ ὡς ἰδίοις καταφρονοῦντες ἐπὶ τῶι μὴ δύνασθαί με ἐξελθόντα ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ καὶ παραγενόμενον ἐπὶ τοὺς τόπους ποήσασθαι(*) πρὸς αὐτοὺς λόγον. ἐπεὶ οὖν, μέγιστε βασιλεῦ καὶ βασίλισσα, τὸν μὲν περὶ τῶν διενηνεγμένων φορτίων οὐ δύνομαι(*) ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος λόγον πρὸς αὐτοὺς ποήσασθαι(*) περὶ δὲ τοῦ περι- ῳκοδομηκένʼ αὐτοὺς τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρός μοι καταλειφθέντα καὶ χρῆσθʼ ὧι ἂν προαιρῶνται τρόπωι, δέομαι ὑμῶν ἀποστεῖλαί μου τὴν ἔντευξιν ἐπὶ Κυδίαν τὸν τοῦ νομοῦ στρατηγόν, ὅπως ἀνακαλεσάμενος τοὺς προειρημένους διαστείλητʼ αὐτοῖς μηκέτι εἰσβιάζεσθαι εἰς τοὺς προκειμένους τόπους, παραδοῦναι δὲ τοῖς παρʼ ἐμοῦ, περὶ δὲ ἧς πεποίηνται βίας διαλαβειν(*) μισοπονήρως, ἵνʼ ὦ καὶ αὐτὸς μετειληφὼς τῆς παρʼ ὑμῶν εἰς τὸν βίον ἀντιλήψεως. —— εὐτυχεῖτε.English: To King Ptolemy and Queen Cleopatra his sister, the Mother-Loving Gods, greeting from Ptolemaios son of Glaukias, Macedonian, one of those in katoche in the great Serapeum at Memphis, now in the thirteenth year there. A house that belonged to my father in the village of Psichis of the Herakleopolite (nome) and now belongs to me was demolished and the goods in it (valued at 20 copper talents) carried off by my neighbors Hesperos and Ataios, his son, and his brother Polemon. The aforesaid, not yet satisfied with what they had done, have built around the court that belonged to it and the open space around the house, using it as their own, scorning me because I cannot come out of the sanctuary and go to the place to bring them to account. Since, O great king and queen, I cannot for the present bring them to account for the goods carried off by them, nor about their building on what was left to me by my father, nor about their using it in any way they wish, I beg -you to send my petition to Kydias the strategos of the nome so that he may summon the aforementioned men and order the aforesaid to refrain from their forcible encroachment on the aforesaid land, and to hand it over to my representatives and to treat them harshly for the violence they have done, so that I may have shared in your protection for my life. Farewell.
Notes: Another draft of the same petition, UPZ I 11, gives the date of September 161 for this activity. My representatives: In UPZ I 11 it is specified: to Apollonios my younger brother, who is also to receive the value of the goods seized. Protection for my life: A less dramatic version of the farewell than in the other draft ("so that I may not perish of hunger"). |
Date | 160BC |
Source | http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Papyrus_45 |
Author | Ptolemaeus son of Glaucias |
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