DDbDP transcription: p.oxy.1.71col2 [xml]
AD 303 Oxyrhynchus
[Reprinted from: chr.mitt.62] MChr62
(hand 3) Κλωδίωι Κ[ουλκι]ανῶι τῶι διασημ[οτάτ]ωι ἐπ[ά]ρχωι [Αἰγύπτου]
παρὰ Αὐρηλίας Γλη̣ ̣ ̣[ ̣] λαμπροτάτης κατοικούσ[ης ἐν τ]ῇ Ἀρσινοι(*)τῶν [πόλει].
πᾶσι μὲν βοηθεῖς, ἡγεμὼν δέσποτα, καὶ πᾶσι τὰ ἴ[δ]ια ἀπονέμις(*) [μάλιστα]
δὲ γυναιξεὶν(*) διὰ τὸ τῆς φύσεως ἀσθενές· ὅθεν καὶ αὐτὴ πρόσε̣ι̣μ̣[ι τῷ σῷ]
5μεγαλείῳ εὔελπις οὖσα τῆς ἀπὸ σοῦ βοηθείας τυχεῖν. πλεῖστα προσ[ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣[ ̣] ̣ ̣μ̣ε̣-
νης μου περὶ τὸν αὐτὸν Ἀρσινοί(*)την(*) νομὸν καὶ οὐχ(*) ὀλίγ[ον] τέλος̣ δ̣ή̣μου, κανονι-
κοὺς δὴ λέγω φόρους καὶ στρατιωτικὰς εὐθενίας, γυνὴ ἀσθ[ε]νὴς καὶ χήρα τυγ-
χάνουσα τῶν τε ἡμετέρων τέκνων ἐν στρατείᾳ ὄντων καὶ ἀπασχο-
λ[ο]υμένων ἐπὶ τῆς ἀλλοδαπῆς, προσελαβόμην ἐμαυτῇ εἰς βοήθειαν κ[α]ὶ
10δ[ι]οίκησιν τῶν πραγμάτων τὸ πρὶν μὲν Σεκοῦνδόν τινα ἔπιτα(*) δὲ καὶ
Τύραννον, νομίζουσα τούτους τὴν καλήν μοι πίστειν(*) ἀποσῴζειν· [ο]ἵτι-
νες μὴ ὀρθῶς ἀναστραφέντες διεσπαθήσαντό με, καὶ ἐν χερσὶ ἃ
κατεστήσαντο̣ ἀπ̣ʼ ἐ̣μοῦ ὑπάρχοντα ἀποστάν[τες] μο[υ] οὔπο̣τ̣ʼ οὐ
συνήθεις λόγους μ[ο]ι προσήγα[γο]ν ἴσως γνω[σι]μαχ[ο]ῦντε̣ς̣ ἐ̣ν̣ ο̣ἷ[ς]
15διεπράξαντο ἀφαρπάσαντές μου [κα]ὶ βοῦς(*) δύο ἐξ ὧ̣ν̣ ἔχω προς ̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]
τῶν α̣ὐ̣τῶν μοι χωρίων περι[φ]ρονοῦντές μου τῆς ἀπραγ’μ[οσύνης].
ὅθεν [ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣ήσασα τῆς ἐπʼ ἀγαθοῖς [σοῦ] ἐπιδημεία[ς](*) καταφεύγω π[ρὸς τοὺς]
σοὺς τ[οῦ] ἐ[μ]οῦ κυρίου πόδας ἀξιοῦσα [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣ εἴ σου δόξειεν τῇ ἀρετῇ [ἐπὶ τῆς(?)](*)
μοι δ[υν]α̣τ̣ωτάτης σου ὑπογραφῆ[ς ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣τας ἤτοι ἀ̣π̣ο̣θ̣έτας ἐπι[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]
20προστ[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]ας διʼ αὐ[τ]ῶν ἐπιγν[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣μου τὰ ὑ’πο[τ]ελοῦς ἐκο[- ca.9 -]
νο[ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣εντα δυνηθῶ καὶ α[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]να ἀπολ ̣ ̣[ ̣ ̣]α[ ̣ ̣ ̣]σ̣α[- ca.9 -]
τοι[- ca.9 -] ̣[- ca.17 -] τῇ λαμ[βανού]σ̣ῃ [- ca.9 -]
αν̣α̣τ̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]αν̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]υ̣π̣[- ca.10 -]απρ[- ca.16 -]
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Apparatus
^ r,2.2. αρσινοϊτων papyrus
^ r,2.3. l. ἀπονέμεις
^ r,2.4. l. γυναιξὶν
^ r,2.6. l. Ἀρσινοίτην : αρσινοϊτην papyrus
^ r,2.6. l. οὐκ
^ r,2.10. l. ἔπειτα
^ r,2.11. l. πίστιν
^ r,2.15. BL 1.314 : [ ̣ ̣]ιβουσ prev. ed.
^ r,2.16. απραγ’μ[οσυνησ] papyrus
^ r,2.17. l. ἐπιδημίας
^ r,2.18. BL 3.129 : [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] prev. ed.
^ r,2.20. υ’πο[τ]ελουσ papyrus
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DDbDP transcription: p.oxy.1.71col1 [xml]
AD 303 Oxyrhynchus
[Reprinted from: chr.mitt.62] MChr62
Κλωδίωι Κουλκιανῶι τῷ δια[σημοτά]τῳ ἐπάρχωι Αἰγύπτου
παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Δημητρίου Νείλου ἀρχιερατεύσαντος τῆς Ἀρσινοι(*)τῶν πόλεως.
τῶν μετρίων κηδεμόνει(*) σοὶ ὄντι, δέσποτα ἡγεμών, τὴν ἱ(*)κ[ετ]ηρίαν προσάγω εὔελπις
ὢν τῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ σοῦ μεγέθους δικαιοκρισίας(*) τυχεῖν. τῷ γὰρ ιζ (ἔτει) καὶ ιϛ (ἔτει) καὶ θ (ἔτει) τῆς εὐδέμονος(*)
5ταύτης βασιλείας Αὐρήλιος Σώτας γυμνασιαρχήσας τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως κατὰ δύο γραμμάτι-
α ὡμολόγησεν ἔχειν μου παρακαταθήκην ἀκίνδυνον καὶ ἀνυπόλογον, ἓν μὲν γενόμε-
νον ἐπὶ τοῦ Τῦβι μηνὸς ἀργυρίου ταλάντων δύο , τὸ δὲ ἕτερον ἐπ[ὶ] τοῦ Φαμενὼθ ἀργυρίου
ταλάντων εἴκοσι , ἅπερ διὰ τῶν αὐτῶν γραμματίων ἐπηγ’γίλατο(*) ἀποδώσ\ε/ιν ἄνευ δί-
κης καὶ κρίσεως καὶ πάσης ὑπερθέσεω[ς] καὶ εὑρεσιλογεία[ς](*). ἐπ\ε/ιδὴ τοίνυν μετῄειν αὐτὸν
10τά χρήματα ἐπὶ τοῦ στρατηγήσαντος Ἥρωνος, ἐπ\ε/ιράθη μέν τινα κακουργίαν ἐπὶ ἀπο-
κ̣( ) στερέσι(*) τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ ποιήσασθαι διὰ τὸ ἀγράμματόν με εἶναι,
11,msκ( )
κατάφωρος δὲ ἐπὶ τούτῳ γενό-
μενος καὶ μέλλων κινδυνεύειν παρὰ τῷ σῷ μεγε\ί/θει(*) ἠξίωσεν ἀπραμμονας(*) τὴν
διάλυσιν τῶν χρεωστουμένων ποιήσασθαι. ἐπ\ε/ὶ οὖν μέχρει(*) νῦν διακρούεται τὰ
χρήματα ἐκτῖσαι(*) καταφρονῶν μου τῆς μετριότητος, ἀξιῶ καὶ δέομαι ἐπ\ε/ιδὴ καὶ αὐτὸς
15χρεωστῶ τῷ ἱερωτάτῳ ταμίῳ(*) ἀπὸ λόγου ἐνδεημάτων ἧς ἐξετέλεσα ἐπιμελίας(*)
ἀννώνης, ἔτι μὴν καὶ ὑπὲρ τῆς ἡμετέρας κτή[σ]εως καὶ ὑπὲρ ἧς ἀναδεξ[ά]μην(*) [τ]ῇ
πόλει ἀρχῆς, οὐδεμία δέ μοι ἑτέρα εὐπορία ἐστὶν ἢ τὰ χρήματα ταῦτα, κελεῦσαι εἴ σοι δοκοῖ ἢ
τῷ στρατηγῷ ἢ ᾧ ἐὰν δοκιμάσῃς ἐπαναγ’κασθῆναι τὸν Σώτα\ν/ μετʼ ἐνεχύρων λήμ-
ψεως κατὰ τὰ ἔνγραφα αὐτοῦ γραμμάτια νῦν γοῦν τὴν ἀπόδοσιν ποιήσασθαι, ἢ
20ἀγν\ω/μονοῦντα(*) παραπεμφθῆναι ἐπὶ τὸ σὸν μεγαλῖον(*) ἵνα καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ προτέρᾳ κα-
κουργίᾳ κινδυνεύσῃ, πρὸς τὸ δυνηθῆναί με τὰ ἴδια ἀπολαβεῖν καὶ τὴ[ν] τ̣ύ̣χ̣ην σου
εὐχαρειστῖν(*). διευτύχει. Αὐρήλιος Δ[η]μήτριος ἐπιδέδωκα.
(hand 2) ιζ (ἔτους) ιη (ἔτους) ια (ἔτους), Φ̣α̣μ̣ενὼθ δ(*)
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Apparatus
^ r,1rp.2. αρσινοϊτων papyrus
^ r,1rp.3. l. κηδεμόνι
^ r,1rp.3. ϊκ[ετ]ηριαν papyrus
^ r,1rp.4. corr. ex δικαοκρισιασ
^ r,1rp.4. l. εὐδαίμονος
^ r,1rp.8. l. ἐπηγγείλατο : επηγ’γιλατο papyrus
^ r,1rp.9. corr. ex
^ r,1rp.9. l. εὑρησιλογίας
^ r,1rp.11. l. στερέσει
^ r,1rp.12. l. μεγέθει
^ r,1rp.12. l. ἀπραγμόνως
^ r,1rp.13. l. μέχρι
^ r,1rp.14. l. ἐκτεῖσαι
^ r,1rp.15. l. ταμείῳ
^ r,1rp.15. l. ἐπιμελείας
^ r,1rp.16. l. ἀνεδεξάμην
^ r,1rp.18. επαναγ’κασθηναι papyrus
^ r,1rp.20. corr. ex αγνομονουντα
^ r,1rp.20. l. μεγαλεῖον
^ r,1rp.22. l. εὐχαριστεῖν
^ r,1rp.23. ιθ (ἔτους) καὶ ιη (ἔτους), [Φ]αμενὼθ δ. prev. ed.
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HGV 12591 Translation (English) [xml]
(Translation: from P.Oxy. 1) To his excellency Clodius Culcianus, praefect of Egypt, from Aurelius Demetrius, son of Nilus, late chief priest at Arsinoe. Knowing your care for honest citizens, my lord praefect, I make my petition to you with full confidence that I shall obtain justice from your highness. In the 17th = the 16th = the 9th year of this auspicious reign Aurelius Sotas, ex-gymnasiarch of Arsinoe, acknowledged in two bonds the receipt of a fully secured deposit from me, the first bond, which was made in the month of Tybi, being for two talents of silver; the second, which was made in Phamenoth, for twenty talents of silver. These sums he, by the terms of the aforesaid contracts, undertook to repay without an action at law or any delay or quibble. When therefore I asked him for the money while Heron was strategus, he attempted, owing to my being illiterate, to commit a fraud to my detriment. When he was detected in this and was in danger of being prosecuted before your highness, he entreated to be allowed to settle his debts without the trouble of an action. Up to the present moment he is still putting off the payment, taking a mean advantage of my forbearance, while I am in debt to the most sacred treasury not only on account of the deficit in connexion with the duty which I have performed as superintendent of the corn-supply, but also in connexion with both my private estate and the municipal post which I undertook, and I have no other resources than this money in question. On all these counts therefore I beg and entreat you to instruct, if you will, the strategus or any other magistrate whom you may sanction, that Sotas shall be compelled by seizure of the securities provided in his written bonds now at length to make repayment, or that, if he is recalcitrant, he shall be summoned before your highness to answer for his previous fraud also. So I shall be enabled to recover my property and acknowledge my gratitude to your excellency. Farewell. I, Aurelius Demetrius presented this petition. The 19th = 18th year, Phamenoth 4.
HGV 12592 Translation (English) [xml]
(Translation: from P.Oxy. 1) To his excellency Clodius Culcianus, praefect of Egypt, from the most noble Aurelia ..., an inhabitant of Arsinoe. You extend help to all, my lord praefect, and you render to all their due, but especially to women on account of their natural weakness. Therefore I myself make petition to your highness in the full confidence that I shall obtain assistance from you. Having large estates in the Arsinoite nome, and paying a considerable sum in taxes (I refer to payments for public purposes and supplies for the soldiers), and being a defenceless widow woman, for my sons are in the army and absent upon foreign service, I engaged as my assistant and business-manager first one Secundus and subsequently Tyrannus besides, thinking that they would preserve my good name. But they behaved dishonestly and robbed me...