DDbDP transcription: p.tebt.3.1.779 [xml]
ca. 175 BC Tebtynis
παρὰ Δ̣ι̣[ο]δ̣ό̣τ̣ο̣υ̣ κ̣α̣ὶ̣ Ἡσιόδου καὶ Ἀργαίου Θραικῶν(*)
τῶν κατοικούντων ἐν Βερενικίδι Θεσμοφόρου.
ἐπεδώκα[μ]έν σοι ὑπόμνημα τοῦ ϛ (ἔτους) κατὰ [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]
5ὑπὲρ τοῦ βιαζόμενον αὐτὸν οἴεσθαι κατ̣ο̣ι̣[κοδομεῖν]
τὸν καταλελειμμένον ὑπ[ὸ τοῦ] π̣α̣τ̣[ρὸς ἡμῶν ἐπὶ]
οἰκήσει τόπον ψειλὸν(*) περὶ τὴ̣ν α̣[ὐτὴν κώμην, ὃ]
οἱ περὶ τὸν Διόδοτον αἰσθόμενο[ι ἐπέστειλαν]
χρηματισμὸν πρὸς Ἀριστόδη̣μ[ον](*) [τὸν ἐπὶ τῶν]
10τόπων τεταγμένον παραγγεῖλαι αὐ[τῶι παρεῖναι]
ἐπὶ σέ. ἐ[π]ελθὼν νυκτὸς μετὰ π[- ca.9 -]
καὶ οἰκοδόμους ἀγαγὼν ἐπὶ τὸν τόπ[ον επωικοδο-]
μησε(*) τεῖχος τῶι πύργωι ἡμῶν [- ca.9 -]
φ̣ε ̣ ̣[ ̣]ω̣ν εἰς τὸν τόπον ἀπέφραξε [ -ca.?- ]
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Editorial History; All History; (detailed)
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APIS Translation (English)
To Ptolemaios, chief of the body-guard and strategos, from Diodotos and Hesiodos and Argaios, Thracians, inhabiting Berenikis Thesmophorou. We presented to you a petition in the 6th year against N.N. because of his design perforce to build over the unoccupied plot at the said village bequeathed by our father for us to inhabit; this the people of Diodotos observed and sent a notification to Aristodemos, who was posted on the spot, so that he might order the accused to present himself before you. He came by night with � and brought builders to the plot and built a wall against our tower ... (Here the papyrus breaks off.)