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Inscription #1 · Greek

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Dionysodoros to king Ptolemy, greetings. I am wronged by the desmophylax in Kerkesoucha. For I was passing time with my kinsman, Apollonios, and he asked me for certain records which he had given me to watch over; but when I was unable to find these, he, becoming angry with me, thought it fitting that Spinther, the phylakitês in Kerkesoucha, detain me. And he (i.e., Spinther), leading me off to the desmôtêrion there, told the desmophylax the reason for my detention so that, if Apollonios should command it, he (i.e., the desmophylax) might release me. But now he has led me off to the desmôtêrion in Krokodilopolis, claiming that I am a wrongdoer; and though Apollonios thought it fitting that he release me, he did not obey. Wherefore, I need you to [….] (J. Bauschatz, Law and Enforcement, p. 139)

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