DDbDP transcription: p.oxy.6.900 [xml]
AD 321 Oxyrhynchus
[Reprinted from: chr.wilck.437] WChr437
τοῦ ἐπιφανεστάτου Καίσαρος τὸ β [ -ca.?- ]
Οὐαλερίῳ Διοσκουρίδῃ τῷ καὶ Ἰ(*)ουλιανῷ λο[γιστῇ Ὀξυρυγχ(ίτου)]
παρ[ὰ] Αὐρηλίου Διοσκόρου Σιλβανοῦ ἄρξαντος βου[λ(ευτοῦ)] τῆς λ[αμπ(ρᾶς) καὶ λαμπ(ροτάτης)]
5Ὀξυρυγχειτῶν πόλεως. πραιποσίτου μου ὄντος πατριμωναλίων
δεκάτου πάγου τοῦδε τοῦ νομοῦ ὑποβληθέντος ἔ̣τ̣ι εἰς κονδουκτορίαν
τοῦ ὀξέος δρόμου τοῦ εὐτυχῶς εἰσιόντος ἔτους, καὶ ἐχρῆν τοίνυν τοὺς ἐξ ἔθους
ταύτην τὴν χώραν ἀποπληροῦντας ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐνιαυσίως εἰς τοῦτο ὑπ[ο]βαλ-
λομένων ὑπακούειν καὶ ἡμεῖν(*) τοῖς ἐνχιρισθεῖσι(*) πλῖστα(*) δημόσια ἐπιτά-
10γματα καὶ τὴν χώραν ἣν ἐξ ἔθους ἀποπληροῦσι ἀποπληροῖν, παρεχομέ-
νων αὐτοῖς τῶν ἐπὶ τούτοις ἀναλωμάτων. ἀλλʼ ἐπιδὴ(*) μανθάνω τούτους
βουλομένους ἐνεδρεύειν τὴν τηλικαύτην ἀπαρέτητον(*) χρείαν τισι(*) μ̣ὲν
ἀ̣π̣ι̣[ο]υ̣σι(*), ἐνίους(*) δὲ διαβάλλοντας, τῶν ἡμερῶν τῆς ἀντιλήμψεως σ[υ]ν̣α̣-
χ̣θεντῶν(*) τοῦ λιτουργήματος(*), ἐκ τούτου ἠπίχθην τὰ βιβλία ἐπιδοῦναι ἀξι-
15ῶν τοὺς αὐτοὺς ὀνηλάτας ἐπαναγκασθῆναι Φαῦστον καὶ Ὧρον καὶ Χαιρέαν
π̣ά̣ν̣τʼ ἔχειν ὑπὲρ ὧν ἐξετέλουν κατʼ ἔτος τῆς κονδουκτορίας(*) χρειῶν πάν-
[τα τε παρα]σχέσθαι αὐ̣τ̣οὺ̣ς̣ {ς} τοῖς ἐνίοις(*) ὑπακούοντες(*), καὶ ἡ[μ]ᾶς διὰ̣ τῶν
[αὐτῶν τ]ὴν ἐνχειρισθεῖσαν(*) χρείαν ἀποπληροιν(*) καὶ μὴ εἰς ἀνάγκην με γενέ-
[σθαι ἐντυ]χεῖν τοῖς μείζοσιν περὶ τούτου. (hand 2) ἐνεδρείας γεγενημένης.
20[ὑπατεία]ς τῆς προκιμένης Μεσορὴ ϛ.
(hand 3) [Αὐρ(ήλιος)] Διόσκορος ἐπιδέδωκα.
Apparatus
^ 3. ϊουλιανω papyrus
^ 9. l. ἡμῖν
^ 9. l. ἐγχειρισθεῖσι
^ 9. l. πλεῖστα
^ 11. l. ἐπειδὴ
^ 12. l. ἀπαραίτητον
^ 12. l. τοὺς
^ 13. l. ἀπιόντας
^ 13. corr. ex ενιοισ
^ 13-14. l. συνα |χθεισῶν
^ 14. corr. ex
^ 14. l. λειτουργήματος
^ 16. corr. ex
^ 17. l. ἐνι<αυσί>οις
^ 17. l. ὑπακούοντας
^ 18. corr. ex
^ 18. l. ἀποπληροῦν
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HGV 20366 Translation (English) [xml]
(Translation: from P.Oxy. 6) In the consulship of our masters Licinius Augustus for the sixth time and Licinius the most renowned Caesar for the second time, ... To Valerius Dioscurides also called Julianus, logistes of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from Aurelius Dioscorus son of Silvanus, ex-magistrate and senator of the illustrious and most illustrious city of Oxyrhynchus, Being already the administrator of the imperial patrimonial estates in the tenth pagus of this nome, I have besides been nominated as contractor for the express-post for the year auspiciously approaching. It was accordingly incumbent on those who customarily discharge such services on behalf of the annual nominees to this office, to render obedience to me who have been entrusted with so many public burdens, and to discharge their customary services, for which their expenses are provided. But whereas I learn that these persons are desirous of acting fraudulently in respect of these important and unavoidable functions, some by absenting themselves, and others by deception, and since the period before entering upon this duty has become short, I therefore hasten to present this petition, requesting that the said donkey-drivers, Faustus, Horus, and Chaereas, be compelled to retain and to provide everything for the functions pertaining to the contract which they were wont yearly to fulfil, in obedience to the annual contractors, so that I may with their assistance perform the function entrusted to me, and not be reduced to appeal to the officials upon this matter. (Endorsed) Concerning a case of fraud: in the consulship aforesaid, Mesore 6. (Signed) Presented by me, Aurelius Dioscorus.