Petesouchos Πετεσοῦχος
farmer · the Fayum, Ptolemaic Egypt · 2nd century BC
A farmer of the village of Kerkesephis in the Fayum, son of Marres. When the fields were flooded he wrote to his brother in another village, asking him to find land.
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2nd century BC · The farmer Petesouchos to his brother Marres. An aroura was an Egyptian measure of land; five came to about 1.4 hectares, or three and a half acres.
Know that our plain has been flooded, and we have not so much as food for our animals. Please, then, first give thanks to the gods, and next save many lives by finding me five arouras of land near your village to feed us, so that we may get our food from them.
γείν[ωσ]κε δὲ περὶ τοῦ κατακεκλῦσθαι τὸ πεδίον ὑμῶν καὶ οὐκ ἔχομεν ἕως τῆς τροφῆς τῶν κτηνῶν ἡμῶν. καλῶς οὖν ποήσῃς εὐχαριστῆσαι πρῶτον μὲν τοῖς θεοῖς δεύτερον δὲ σῶσαι ψυχὰς πολλὰς ζητή[σ]α[ς] μοι περὶ τὴν κώμην σου εἰς τὴν τροφὴν ἡμῶν γῆς ἀρούρας πέ[ν]τε ὡς ἕξομεν ἐξ αὐτῶν τὴ[ν] τροφὴν ἡμῶν.
Tebtunis Papyri I 56 (P.Tebt. I 56)
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