Fragment of petition to Zenon from Seleukos
Probably a complaint about being taxed too heavily by the authorities in the Memphite nome and a request to Zenon to put things right.
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Probably a complaint about being taxed too heavily by the authorities in the Memphite nome and a request to Zenon to put things right.
Ζήνωνι χαίρειν Σέλευκος Μεμφείτου. ἐπιγέγραφεν γὰρ καὶ ἐμὲ δὲ ἀπόντα καὶ θεραπεύοντα δέομαι οὖν σου, εἴ σοι δοκεῖ, καθάπερ καὶ ἄλλοις πολ καὶ Δίκαιον τὸν ἐκἐγ Μοιθύμιος ορ τοῦ ζυτοπωλίου ἐμὲ παρα σὲ ὦ τετευχὼς τῆς πάσης φιλανθρωπίας. ἔτους λα, Θῶυθ κβ. Γλαῦκος.
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