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Title Petition of a Prisoner
Publications P.Tebt. 3 .1 777
More in series P.Tebt.More in series P.Tebt., vol. 3
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Origin Tebtynis (Arsinoites)
More from Tebtynis (Arsinoites)
Material Papyrus
Date frühes II v.Chr.
More from the period between 200 BCE and 176 BCE
Commentary Rückseite: P.Tebt. III 873
Subjects Eingabe; Gefängnis; Bürgen; Freilassung
Images https://dpg.lib.berkeley.edu/webdb/apis/apis2?apisid=999&ite...
License Creative Commons License © Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Trismegistos: 7852 [source]

Publications P. Tebt. 3 777 (Hunt, Arthur S. / Smyly, J. Gilbart; 1933)
Inv. no. Berkeley, Bancroft Library P. Tebt. 873 Vo
Reuse Type other text(s) on the same object: 79560
Date BC 199 - 175
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, 00c - Tebtynis (Umm el-Baragat)[found & written]
People mentioned people

Catalog Record: berkeley.apis.999 [xml]

Title Petition : draft
Summary Draft of a petition by a tax farmer who is in prison and should have been released.
Citations P.Tebt., III.777
P.Tebt.:3.1:777
Inv. Id P.Tebt.0777
Material Papyri
Support/Dimensions 2 papyri ; Frag. 1, 7 x 10.6; Frag. 2, 17.9 x 13.8 cm.
Lines 19 lines, on verso across the fibers.
Recto/Verso On recto: Account of tax payments (P.Tebt.873)
Hands Regular cursive.
Language Greek
Date Early 2nd century B.C.
More from the period between 199 BCE and 175 BCE
Note (general) Recto published.
Note (general) Margins: left, 3.7 cm.; right, 0.8 cm.
Note (local/note) 1288
Note (local/note) Bancroft Library, Univ. of Calif., Berkeley
Subjects Prisons; Petitions, Ptolemaic Period
Associated Names Sokomenis
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

DDbDP transcription: p.tebt.3.1.777 [xml]

II sac Tebtynis

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1κοτ  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣ρατω̣ν τῶ̣ν [  ̣]  ̣[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]
γενομένου ω̣ν π̣α̣ρ  ̣  ̣ν̣ει  ̣  ̣  ̣ς̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩ τῶι]
ἐνεστῶτι μηνὶ ἐπι̣  ̣  ̣  ̣σ̣τ̣ο̣  ̣
διεγγυήσαντά μ̣ε Σοκομήνι
5τῶι δεσμοφύ(λακι) ἀφεῖναί με πρὸς τοῖς
πράγμασι εἶναι. Σοκομῆνις δὲ
εἰληφὼς παρʼ ἐμοῦ ἐγγύους δ̣ύ̣ο̣
ἀ̣π̣ο̣χρηστεύεται. ἀξιῶ σε,
ἐάν σοι φα(ίνηται), καθότι διατελεῖς συν-
10αντιλαμβανόμενος, μὴ ὑπεριδεῖν
με κατεφθαρμένον ἐν τῆι φυ(λακῆι) μῆνας η
καὶ καταπεφρονημένον ὑπὸ τῶν
[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]  ̣ων οὐκ εὐτακτουντες(*) τὰ ἐν
[αὐτοῖ]ς καὶ τῶν ἄλλων, ἀλλὰ ἐμβλέ-
15[ψαντ]α̣ εἰς τ\ὸ̣/(*) συμφέρον τῆι ὠνῆι
[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣] καὶ ἐὰν φα(ίνηται) καθεστακὼ̣ς̣   ̣  ̣  ̣
[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣ τῶ]ν ἐγγύω̣ν τα̣  ̣π̣ο(  ) διέσθαι με
[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣ ὅπως] δύνωμαι πρὸς τοῖς πράγμασιν
[εἶναι [  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣⟧
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Apparatus


^ 13. l. εὐτακτούντων
^ 15. corr. ex τα

Editorial History; All History; (detailed)

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APIS Translation (English)

�the present month... �having given bail to Sokomenis, the warden, to release me in light of the circumstances. But Sokomenis, after receiving two bail payments from me, is not acting in good faith. I am asking that, if you agree, to the extent that you take the matter in hand and bring it to a head (?), you not overlook me, who has wasted away 8 months and been disdained by the... �not managing well the things in their control and belonging to others, but things relating to consumption tax (?)... �and if he should appear�of the bail payments�release me�I may be able in light of the circumstances�.