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p.hels.1.2 = HGV P.Hels. 1 2 = Trismegistos 5139



DDbDP transcription: p.hels.1.2 [xml]

ca. 195-192 BC Arsinoite

Φίλωνι ἀρχιφυλακίτηι παρὰ
Διονυσίου τοῦ Ζωίλου τοῦ
ἀντιγραφομένου παρʼ οἰκονόμου
τὴν ἀπόμοιραν τῶν περὶ Θεογονίδα
5τόπων. τῆι ιη τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος
μηνὸς \Φ̣[αμε]ν̣ὼ̣θ̣/ ἤδη λύχνων καομένων
λουομέ̣νου μου ἐν τῶι καλουμένωι
Ἀριστοδήμο̣υ̣ καινῶι βαλανείωι
καὶ χρωμένου σικύαι ἀρυταίνηι
10περιεσπάσθην ὑπὸ Φίλωνός τινος
τῶν στρατιωτῶν ὡς παραχ̣ύτην
  ̣  ̣  ̣μ̣ε̣  ̣[- ca.15 - εἰ-]
πόντος π̣ρ̣ο̣σπηδήσας μοι
μετʼ ἄλλων, ὧν τὰ ὀνόματα
15ἀγνοῶ, ἔτυπτόν με πυγμαῖς τε
καὶ λ̣ακτίσμ̣α̣σ̣ι̣ν̣ εἰς ὃ τύχοι μέρος
τοῦ σώματος καὶ ἐκσπά̣σαντές
με ἐκ τοῦ βαλανείου ἦγον ὡς ἐπὶ
τὴν κατὰ τὸ Σαμοθράικιον πύλην.
20ἐπιφανέντων δὲ τινῶν φυλακιτῶν
παρέδωκάν με αὐ̣[τοῖς]. ἐπεὶ [ο]ὖν
κλεινοπετ̣ή̣ς̣(*) εἰμι̣, ἀ̣ξ̣ιῶ συντάξαι
ἀσφαλίσασθαι τὸν Φί̣λ̣ω̣ν̣α̣ καὶ τοὺς
μεθʼ αὑτοῦ μέχρι τοῦ ἐπιγνωσθῆναι
25τὰ κατʼ ἐμέ. τ̣ο̣ύ̣τ̣ο̣υ̣ δ̣ὲ̣ γ̣ενομένου
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Apparatus


^ 22. l. κλινοπετής

Editorial History; All History; (detailed)

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HGV 5139 Translation (English) [xml]

1  To Philon, archiphylakitês, from Dionysios, son of Zoilos, antigrapheus from the oikonomos for the apomoira for the districts around Theogonis. On the 18th of the present month, Phamenoth, when already the lamps were being kindled, I was bathing in the so-called new baths of Aristodemos. As I was using a gourd as a cup, I was stripped (of it?) by Philon, one of the soldiers, saying that… bath-attendant… me…. Leaping upon me, with others whose names I do not know, they beat me with blows and kicks against whatever part of my body might be available. Dragging me out of the bath, they led me up to the gate opposite the Samothrakion; and when some phylakitai appeared, they handed me over to them. Since, therefore, I am bedridden, I ask that you please guard Philon and his associates until a judgment has been given concerning my claims. For if this happens, …. (J. Bauschatz, Law and Enforcement, p. 227)