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Petition (frag.) to the District Governor Mentioning a Society (134 BCE) Aphroditopolis - Fayum region


Aphroditopolis (Fayum region, Egypt — Pleiades map), 134 BCE (January 6)
PKöln XI 455 = Papyri.info TM 112490 = AGRW ID# 20928
Copenhagen Inventory info: 1571


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Papyrus (Cologne, Papyrussammlung, P. 7696). This Aphroditopolis was in the Arsinoites district (nome). This petition, likely to Apollonios the governor of the district, is extremely fragmentary. There is mention of a "society" (thiasos) in line 18 and so is included on this site.

Too fragmentary to translate.

Translation by: Harland



[Ἀπολλωνίωι τῶν πρώτω]ν̣ φίλων | [καὶ στρατηγῶι καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν] π̣ρ̣ο̣σ̣ό̣δων | [παρὰ -ca.?- ]ους βασι̣λ̣ικοῦ | [γεωργοῦ τῶν ἀπὸ κώμ]η̣ς̣ Ἀφροδίτης || [πόλεως τῆς Πολέμ]ω̣ν̣ο̣ς με̣ρ̣ί̣δ̣[ος.] | [ -ca.?- ] ̣ρ̣ι̣η̣ν Μαρ[ρῆς] {or: Μαρ[ρῆν]} | [-ca.?- χ]ρόνοις [ ̣]ο̣πω ̣| [ -ca.?- ] ̣ς̣ κατὰ τὴν̣ χη ̣ ̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣] | [ -ca.?- ] τ̣ούτου δὲ ἀναπτερω||[ -ca.?- ]ν̣ου Νεφερσοῦχιν̣ | [ -ca.?- ]ν εἰς ἃ κα̣ὶ ἐν τῶι ̣ ̣ ̣ | [ -ca.?- ] ̣ος μου [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]του | [ -ca.?- ] ̣αστωι̣ κατα ̣[ ̣] ̣ ̣ ̣| [ -ca.?- ]ων κα̣τ̣ε[ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣λ̣ων || [ -ca.?- ] ̣υναυ[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣ω̣ν | [ -ca.?- ]σ̣ μου τὴν̣ [γυν]α̣ῖκα. | [ -ca.?- τῆι δὲ ια {or: [ιβ]}] τοῦ Χοιὰχ τοῦ λς (ἔτους) [ -ca.?- ] | [ -ca.?- ]υ θιάσου εὗρον̣ τὸν | [ -ca.?- ] γ̣υναι̣κὶ ἐν τ̣ῆ̣ι̣ Ὥρου || [ -ca.?- ] παραλαβόντος | [ -ca.?- ]ν̣ τῆι κώμηι καὶ | [ -ca.?- ]ην οἰκίαν, ὁ δὲ Μαρρῆς | [ -ca.?- ] ̣α ἐλιθοβόλει ἡμᾶς. | [ -ca.?- ]όδρων Ὥρου καὶ σπα||[σάμενοϲ μάχαιρα]ν̣ κατεδίωκεν ἡμᾶς | [ -ca.?- ]ων καὶ οὕτως ἀπηλ|[λα- -ca.?- ]σ καὶ Νεφερσοῦχις | [ -ca.?- δι’ ἧς {or: οὗ} οὖ]ν̣ ἐπιδέδωκα προσαγ|[γελίας] {προσαγ|[γέλματος]} [ -ca.?- τ]ῶ̣ι ἐπιστάτει τῆι ιγ || [ -ca.?- ]αν καθέστακα | [ -ca.?- ]σ̣ καὶ Φανήσιος καὶ | [ -ca.?- ]μη αρ ̣[ ̣ ̣] ̣ ̣ ̣[ ̣ ̣] ̣ ̣ ̣ο̣υ̣ | [ -ca.?- ]ν̣ περὶ τῶν αὐτῶν | [ -ca.?- ὑπό]μνημα ἀφ’ οὗ καὶ || [ -ca.?- ]ει οὐδὲ τ̣ο̣υ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ονεν, | [συντάξαι γράψ]α̣ι τῶι ἐπιστάτει | [ἀποστεῖλαι αὐτοὺς ἐ]πὶ σέ, ὅ̣π̣ως τύχω | [τοῦ δικαίου, σὺ δὲ περὶ] α̣ὐτῶν̣ διαλάβῃς. | εὐτ[ύχ]ει || {hand 2} [ -ca.?- ]α̣ν ̣χ ̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ] | [ -ca.?- ] ἐφ’ ὃν̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ] | [ -ca.?- ] ̣λε ̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ]

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Item modified: May 26, 2021
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