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p.abinn.28 ca. 346Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)
Letter of Demetrios to Abinnaeus complaining of a drunken soldier at Ibion. A letter from Demetrios, assistant to Ision, to his patron Flavius Abinnaeus, commander of the camp at Dionysias, complaining that a soldier named Athenodoros abused him while he was collecting grain at Ibion and was drunkenly plundering the village. He asks Abinnaeus to recall the soldier to camp and give him redress, around AD 346. machine translation
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- (untitled record) HGV-meta Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)ca. 346
- p.lond.2.411 DDbDP-text Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)ca. 346
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
τῷ δεσπότῃ μου καὶ πά-
τρωνι Ἐβεννίῳ
Δημήτριος βοηθὸς Ἰσίωνος
πλεῖστα χαίρειν.
γινώσκειν σε θέλω, κύριέ
μου πάτρων, ὄντι μοι πρὸς
ἀπαίτησιν τοῦ σίτου ἐν
Ἰβίωνι, ἐπῆλθέν μοί τις
στρατιώτης Ἀθηνόδωρος
λεγόμενος, ὤν ὑπὸ τὴν σὴν
φροντίδα, καὶ οὐκ ὀλίγας
ὕβρεις μοι πεποίηται, οὐ μόνον
ἐμοὶ ἀλλὰ καὶ παρʼ ἕκαστα τοῖς
ἀγροῖς ἐκβαίνει οἰνωθεὶς καὶ
τὴν κώμην πρε͂δαν ποιεῖ.
ἔγραψά σοι οὖν τῇ χρηστότητι ὡς εἰδότος μου ὅτι μετακαλῇ αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς κάστροις
καὶ ἐκδικεῖς με ἐν πᾶσι.
ἔμελλον γὰρ ἀνελθεῖν ἐπὶ τῆς
πόλεως καὶ ἀποδύρασθαι τῷ
ἐμῷ γεούχῳ καὶ τῷ πραιποσίτῳ τῶν στρατιωτῶν Καστίνῳ
πρὸς τὸ ἐκδικηθῆναί με, ἀλλὰ
πρωτοτύπως σοι τῷ ἐμῷ
δεσπότῃ ἔγραψα ἐκδικηθῆναί
με. ἐρρωμένον σε ἡ θεία πρόνοια διαφυλάξειεν πανοικεί.Translations (1)
To my master and patron Abinnaeus, Demetrios, assistant of Ision, very many greetings.
I want you to know, my lord patron, that while I was engaged in the collection of the grain at Ibion, a certain soldier called Athenodoros, who is under your charge, came upon me and has committed no small outrages against me; and not only against me, but he also goes out into the fields at every turn, drunk, and makes the village his plunder. So I have written to your goodness, knowing that you will summon him back to the camp and will give me justice in all things. For I was about to go up to the city and lament to my landlord and to the praepositus of the soldiers, Castinus, in order to obtain justice, but I have written first to you, my master, to obtain justice.
May divine providence keep you in good health with all your household.
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Philadelphia (Arsinoites)
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- TM-Text 10025 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.abinn;;28 tier-1
- HGV-Text 10025 tier-1
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