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p.abinn.26 ca. 346Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)

Letter from the actuarius Agathos to Abinnaeus about delivery of the annona. A letter from Agathos, an army supply clerk (actuarius), to Flavius Abinnaeus, commander of the camp at Dionysias, written around AD 346. Agathos, held up by an official, reports the dux's order that all the year's grain rations be delivered into the camp and urges Abinnaeus to ensure full delivery of wheat and barley, also asking that a new recruit be sent to the city regarding fees. machine translation

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Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[ctr] τῷ δεσπότῃ μου Ἀβιννέῳ Ἄγαθος. καὶ ἄλλοτε ἔγραψα πρὸς τὴν σὴν χρηστότητα, δέσποτα, ὅτι κατέχομαι ὑπὸ Ἰουλιανοῦ ὀφφικιαλίου ἑτέρων γραμμάτων ἕνεκα, καὶ ἐπειδὴ μετεδόθη μοι ὅτι Οὐράνιος …λην εἰς τὰ κάστρα τὰς ἀννώνας οὐ συνέκλεισεν ἐποίησα τὸν ἐξάκτορα γράψαι πρὸς αὐτὸν ἵνα ὑποδέξηται παρὰ τῶν ἀπὸ Ταυρίνου, καὶ μὴ τοῦτον ἀπολύσῃς ἕως ἂν ἀπαλλάξω τὸν ὀφφικιάλιον καὶ ἔλθω ἐπὶ τὰ κάστρα καὶ ποιήσω πρὸς αὐτὸν τὸν λόγον μου· οὕτως γὰρ ἐκέλευσεν ὁ κύριός μου ὁ δοῦξ ὅλας τὰς ἀννώνας τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ἐγκλεῖσαι ἐπὶ τὰ κάστρα ἐξ ἐντυχίας τῶν ἀκτουαρίων τῆς ἄνω Θηβαίδος, καὶ ἐκέλευσεν μετὰ τὴν σύνκλισιν τοῦ σίτου ὀφφικιάλιον ἀποσταλῆναι καὶ συνθεωρῆσαι τὸν ἐν ἀθέτῳ σιτόκριθον. τούτου ἕνεκα ἔσπευσα γράψαι πρὸς τὴν σὴν χρηστότητα, δεσπότα, ἵνα ποιήσῃς τὸ πᾶν τοῦ σίτου καὶ κριθῆς ἐνκλεῖσαι καὶ μηδεμία μέμψις ἐπακολουθήσει περὶ τούτου ἔτι. ἐάν σοι [ms] δοκοῦν ἐστὶν ἀπόστειλον ἐπὶ τῆς πόλεως τὸν νῦν στρατευθέντα τίρωνα τῆς Διονυσιάδος Ἀπολλῶν διὰ τὰ σπόρτουλα ἐπειδὴ κατέχομαι ὑπὸ τοῦ ὀφφικιαλίου τούτου ἕνεκα. ἐρρῶσθαι εὔχομαι, κύριε πάτρων. [ctr] τῷ δεσπότῃ μου πραιποσίτῳ Ἀβιννέῳ Ἄγαθος ἀκτουάριος.

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EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
To my master Abinnaeus, Agathos. I have written on another occasion too to your goodness, master, that I am being detained by Julianus the officialis on account of other letters, and since it was reported to me that Uranios […] did not deliver the annona into the camp, I had the exactor write to him so that he would receive it from the men of Taurinos; and do not release him until I get rid of the officialis and come to the camp and settle my account with him. For thus my lord the dux ordered that all the annona of the year be delivered into the camp, on the petition of the actuarii of the Upper Thebaid, and he ordered that after the delivery of the grain an officialis be sent to inspect jointly the wheat-and-barley that has been set aside (?). For this reason I hastened to write to your goodness, master, so that you may have all the wheat and barley delivered and no further blame will follow about this. If it seems good to you, send to the city the recruit Apollon of Dionysias who has just been enlisted, on account of the sportulae, since I am being detained by the officialis for this reason. I pray for your health, lord patron. [Address] To my master the praepositus Abinnaeus, Agathos the actuarius.

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