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p.abinn.35 Mitte IVPhiladelphia? (Arsinoites)

Letter from Paesis to the praepositus Ameneus about recruiting men at Karanis. Letter from Paesis to his patron Ameneus, a praepositus pagi, protesting his loyalty and reporting his efforts, with his son who served in the prefect's office, to round up men at Karanis. He detained the eirenarch, and the villagers offered 2 solidi and 50 talents of silver. Mid-4th century AD, probably from Philadelphia in the Fayum. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r,ctr] τῷ δεσπότῃ μου καὶ κυρίῳ μου πραιποσίτῳ Παήσιος· οἶδας τὴν προαίρεσίν μου ὅτι ὁποίαν προαίρεσιν ἔχω καὶ οἶδας τὴν γνώμην μου ὅτι γνώμη ὅποιά ἐστιν. μάτυρός ἐστιν ὁ θεὸς ὅτι οὐ διὰ λῆμμα μάχομαι ἀλλὰ μάχομαι διὰ σέ. ἐπειδὴ πράσσεις θέλω σε πάντοτε καλῶς ἔχειν ἀλλὰ θέλομέν σε ἐξ ὀλίγου λημματισθῆναι, τοῦτο γὰρ παρὰ πάντας καλῶς ἐστὶν καὶ παρὰ θεῷ. ἐξέτασον Ἥρωνα τὸν ἐλθόντα μετὰ τῶν σῶν γραμμάτων μὴ εὑρεθέντος μου ἐν τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ μου κώμῃ ἀλλὰ ἐν τῇ Καρανίδι· ὁ υἱός μου δὲ ὁ στρατευόμενος ἐν ὀφφικίῳ ἐπάρχου Αἰγύπτου ἦλθεν μεθʼ ἑαυτοῦ πρός με ἐν τῇ Ἀγραρίου· ἐποιήσαμεν γὰρ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἐν τῇ Καρανίδι κοινότεροι καὶ οὐκ ἐδυνήθημεν ἕνα ἄνθρωπον ἀποσπάσαι ἐκεῖθεν. κατέσχαμεν δὲ τὸν εἰρήναρχον θέλοντες αὐτὸν ἀποσπάσαι· ελ…[…]λθη συνόλη ἡ κώμη ὅτι οὐδένα ἐπετρέπομεν ἐκβῆναι ἀπὸ τῆς κώμης. ἔδωκαν δὲ ὑμῖν, ἐάν σοι δοκεῖ, νομισμάτια δύο καὶ ἀργυρίου τάλαντα πεντήκοντα . ἀσπάζομαί σε ἅμα μετὰ τῶν παιδίων σου τοῦ ἀβασκάντου σου οἴκου [r,ms] καὶ ἂν εὐτυχῶς ἐπιδημήσῃς ἐξέτασον περὶ τοῦ πράγματος τούτου ὅτι οὐδεμία διαφορὰ οὔκ ἐστιν. καὶ ἀπελθόντων ἡμῶν ἐκεῖσε εὑρήκαμεν τὸν πραιπόσιτον τοῦ πάγου ἐκεῖσε καὶ οὐκ ἠθελήσαμεν τὸ πρᾶγμα κινῆσαι, καὶ ἂν θέλῃ ὁ θεὸς μετʼ ἐσοῦ εἰμί. [v] τῷ δεσπότῃ μου καὶ πάτρωνι Ἀμενέῳ πραιποσίτῳ Παήσιος.

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EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto, main text] To my master and my lord the praepositus, from Paesis. You know my disposition, what kind of disposition I have, and you know my mind, what kind of mind it is. God is witness that I do not fight for gain, but I fight for you. Since you are in office (?), I want you always to be well, but we want you to profit a little, for this is good in the eyes of all and in the eyes of God. Question Heron, who came with your letter when I was not found in our own village but in Karanis. My son, who serves in the office of the prefect of Egypt, came with him to me in the [village] of Agrarios (?). For we spent three days in Karanis all together and could not drag a single man away from there. We detained the eirenarch, wanting to drag him away; […] the whole village, because we allowed no one to leave the village. And they gave you, if you agree, 2 solidi and 50 talents of silver. I greet you together with your children and your house, may the evil eye not touch it. [recto, margin] And if you return safely, inquire about this matter, that there is no dispute at all. And when we went there we found the praepositus of the pagus there and we did not want to stir up the matter. And God willing, I am with you. [verso] To my master and patron Ameneus, praepositus, from Paesis.

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Found at Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

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