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Title Letter from Petesuchus to Marres
Publications P.Tebt. 1 56
More in series P.Tebt.More in series P.Tebt., vol. 1
Sel. Pap. I 102
Witkowski, Epistulae privatae 54
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Post-Concordance BL Entries VIII 489
Translations Schubart, Ein Jahrtausend am Nil (1912) 11 und (1923) 15.; White, Ancient Letters (1986), 52
Origin Arsinoites
More from Arsinoites
Material Papyrus
Date spätes II v.Chr.
More from the period between 125 BCE and 101 BCE
Subjects Brief (amtlich); Petesuchos an Marres; Hilfe für Vieh
Images https://dpg.lib.berkeley.edu/webdb/apis/apis2?apisid=473&ite...
License Creative Commons License © Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Trismegistos: 3692 [source]

Publications P. Tebt. 1 56 (Grenfell, Bernard P. / Hunt, Arthur S. / Smyly, J. Gilbart; 1902) = Sel. Pap. 1 102 (Hunt, Arthur S. / Edgar, Campbell Cowan / ; 1932) = White, Light from ancient letters 52 (White, John Lee / / ; 1986) = Witkowski, Epistulae 54 (Witkowski, Stanislaus / / ; 1911)
Inv. no. Berkeley, Bancroft Library Crocodile 5.2
Date BC 125 - 100
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, 00c - Kerkeosiris[destination]; Egypt, 00c - Tebtynis (Umm el-Baragat)[found]; Egypt, 00c - Kerkesephis[written]
People mentioned people
Places mentioned places

Catalog Record: berkeley.apis.473 [xml]

Title Private letter from Marres to Marres.
Author Petesouchos son of Marres
Summary Marres asks another Marres to find him land at Kerkeosiris for the maintenance of himself and the cattle.
Citations P.Tebt., I.56; Hunt, A.S. Sel. pap. v. 1, no. 102; Witkowski, Epistulae privatae, no. 54; White, J.L. Light from Ancient Letters, no. 52. [See BL v. 2, p. 169.]
P.Tebt.:1:56
Inv. Id P.Tebt.0056
Material Papyri
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 24 x 13.4 cm.
Lines 18 lines, on recto along the fibers.
Recto/Verso On verso some effaced lines.
Hands Regular cursive.
Origin Kerkesephis
More from Kerkesephis
Language Greek
Date Late 2nd century B.C.
More from the period between 125 BCE and 100 BCE
Note (general) Verso unpublished.
Note (general) In red ink in top margin: 56.
Note (local/note) 1658
Note (local/note) Bancroft Library, Univ. of Calif., Berkeley
Subjects Flood damage; Cost of living; Kerkesephis; Tebtunis; Personal letters, Ptolemaic period
Associated Names Marres, son of Petosiris.
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

DDbDP transcription: p.tebt.1.56 [xml]

II sac Tebtynis

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Πετεσοῦχος Μαρρήους γ̣[εωρ]γ̣ὸ̣ς̣
τῶν ἐκ Κερκεσήφεως {[εω]ς}
Μαρρῆτι Πετοσείριος τῶ[  ̣]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
5καὶ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. γ̣ε̣ί̣ν̣[ωσ]κε(*) δὲ̣
περὶ τοῦ κατακεκλῦσθαι τὸ πεδίον
ὑμῶν(*) καὶ οὐκ ἔχομεν ἕως τῆς
τροφῆς τ̣ῶ̣ν (?)(*) κτηνῶν ἡμῶν.
καλῶς οὖν ποήσῃς(*) εὐχαριστῆσαι
10πρῶτον μὲν τοῖς θεοῖς δεύτερον
δὲ σῶσαι ψυχὰς πολλὰς ζητή[σ]α̣[ς]
μοι περὶ τὴν κώμην σου εἰς τὴν
τροφὴν ἡμῶν γῆς ἀρούρας πέ[ν-]
τε ὡς ἕξομεν ἐξ αὐτῶν τὴ[ν]
15τροφὴν ἡμῶν. τοῦτο δὲ ποήσας(*)
ἔσῃ μοι κεχαρισμένος εἰς τὸν
ἅπαντα χρόν[ον].
ἔρρωσο. v
⁦ -ca.?- ⁩

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^ r.5. l. γίν[ωσ]κε
^ r.7. l. ἡμῶν
^ r.8. corr. ex
^ r.9. l. ποιήσῃς
^ r.15. l. ποιήσας

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APIS Translation (English)

Petesouchos son of Marres, cultivator of Kerkesephis, to Marres son of Petosiris � his brother, greeting. You must hear about our plain having been inundated; we have not so much as food for our cattle. Please therefore in the first place to give thanks to the gods and secondly to save many lives by seeking out in the neighborhood of your village five arouras for our maintenance so that we may thence obtain food. If you do this I shall be eternally obliged to you. Good-bye.