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p.amh.2.142 Herakleopolis (?)

Petition to the Praefect via HGV-meta

Petition to the prefect of Augustamnica about seizure of land at Thmoiouthis. Petition of Aurelius Germanos son of Horos to the prefect of Augustamnica, complaining that armed neighbours seized his 80 arouras near Thmoiouthis, threatened his life, and took the harvest while he paid the taxes. He asks that the praepositus of the fort of Hippones force them off the land and restore the lost rents, or send them to the prefect's court. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

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[… ? lines lost …] […]ἀληθευοντ[…]αδιαφερο…[…] […] ἔρρωσο. Μάρκῳ[…]λαμπροτάτοις ς…[…]…[…]…[…] […]ἡγεμόνι Αὐγουσταμνικῆς παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Γερμανοῦ Ὥρου ἀπὸ …[…]ν…[…] […] ὥρῃ τοῦ θεοῦ ὑπάρχει μοι περὶ ἐποίκιον Θμοιούθεως ε[…]ης ὀγδοήκοντα ἀρούρας ἀπὸ τῶν […]ν μέχρι δεῦρο καὶ ταύτας γεωργήσας ἐκμισθῶ αὐτὰ τοῖς βουλομένοις τῶν φόρων καὶ τελῶν κατὰ […]κοινῶ τινι λόγῳ χρησάμενοι Παλὶτ Ὥρου καὶ τὰ τούτου τέκνα καὶ Περὶτ Μερκουρίου καὶ Κολλούθην ἀδελφὸν […]λῃστικῷ τρόπῳ ἐπέβησαν τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ μου γῇ βουλόμενοι αὐτὰ γεωργῆσαι καὶ ἵνα αὐτοῖς λογοποιήσομαι ἐπῆλθον[…]πάντες αὐτῶν μικροὶ καὶ μεγάλοι μετὰ ῥοπάλων καὶ ξιφῶν βουλόμενοι ἀναιρῆσαι με, καὶ ἀπρεπῆ ῥήματά μοι […]η…ανων ἀκοῦσαι εἰ μὴ κατὰ θεῖον ἐξείλησα ἀπʼ αὐτῶν ἔμελλον ἂν καὶ τὸ ζῆν κινδυνεύειν καταφρο[…]ζοντ[…]ς ἐξουσίας, καὶ ἐνέτυχα τῷ σῷ ἀδελφῷ Φιλαγρίῳ περὶ τούτων καὶ ἐκέλευσεν διʼ ὑπομνημάτων τῷ […]υπόλεως παραδοῦναί μοι τὴν γῆν καὶ τοῦ ἐξάκτορος κατὰ ἀκολουθίαν ἐπέστειλεν τῷ πραιποσίτῳ τοῦ πάγου […]…μενι ὁριοδείκτῃ καὶ γενάμενοι ἐπὶ τὴν αὐτοψίαν καὶ ἀναμετρήσαντες τὸν κλῆρον παραδέδωκάν μοι […] ἔγγραφον προσφώνησιν κατέθεντό μοι, ὅπερ καὶ ἐπιδεικνύω. πάλιν μετὰ τὸ γεωργῆσαί με αὐτὰ ἐπὶ πέντε ἔτη […] καὶ οὐκ εἴασάν μοι πάλιν γεωργῆσαι καταφρονήσαντες τῆς περὶ ἐμὲ ἀπραγμοσύνης καὶ τοῦ σχήματος καὶ τῶν […]…ουντές τε τῷ περὶ αὐτοὺς πλούτῳ καὶ τῇ ἐπὶ τόπων τυραννίᾳ χρώμενοι ἐμοῦ τελοῦντος ἀποκαρποῦνται. […] ὑπογραφῆς κελεῦσαι τῷ πραιπόσιτῳ τῶν κάστρων Ἱππώνων τῆς ἐγγίστης πεδατούρας ἐπαναγκάσαι τοὺς ἐγγεγραμμένους […]ἡμετέρας μου γῆς τῶν …[…]…ων, ἔτι μὴν καὶ ἀποκαταστῆσαί μοι τοὺς φόρους τοῦ τοσούτου χρόνου ἵνα ταῦτα ἀπολαβὼν εὐγνωμονήσω […]τὰ δημόσια τελῶ ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν, ἐπὶ δὲ ἀντιλέγουσιν τούτους παραπεμφθέντας μεῖναι εἰς τὸ ἄχραντόν σου δικαστήριον ἐμοῦ ἑτοίμως ἔχοντος […]τοὺς πόδας χάριτάς σοι τὰς μεγίστας διὰ παντὸς ὁμολογήσω. διευτύχει. Αὐρήλιος Γερμανὸς ὁ προκείμενος ἐπιδε[…]Εὐδαίμονος ἄρξας Ἡρακλέους πόλεως ἔγραψα ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ γράμματα μὴ εἰδότος.

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EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[… lines lost …] […] telling the truth […] differing […] […] Farewell. To Marcus […] most illustrious […] [To …] prefect of Augustamnica, from Aurelius Germanos son of Horos, from […] […] by the providence (?) of God I own near the hamlet of Thmoiouthis […] 80 arouras from the […] up to now, and having farmed these I lease them out to those who wish, [paying] the rents and taxes according to […] […] having made some common plan, Palit son of Horos and his children and Perit son of Merkourios and Kollouthes his brother […] in the manner of robbers trespassed on my land, wishing to farm it themselves, and so that I would make them account, they came […] all of them, small and great, with clubs and swords, wishing to kill me, and [I had] to hear improper words from them, and if I had not by divine providence escaped from them I would have been in danger even of my life, they despising […] authority. And I appealed to your brother Philagrios about these matters, and he ordered by a memorandum the […] of the city of […] to hand the land over to me, and the exactor accordingly wrote to the praepositus of the pagus […] the boundary-surveyor, and having come for the inspection and having remeasured the allotment they handed it over to me […] they deposited a written report with me, which I also produce. Again, after I had farmed it for five years […] and they did not allow me to farm it again, despising my quiet life and my position and the […] […] trusting in their wealth and exercising tyranny in the locality, they reap the produce while I pay the taxes. […] by your subscription to order the praepositus of the fort of Hippones in the nearest district to compel those named [to withdraw from] my land […], and moreover to restore to me the rents for all this time, so that having recovered these I may be grateful […] I pay the public taxes for them; and if they dispute, that they be sent to remain before your unsullied court, as I am ready […] the feet (?), I shall acknowledge my greatest thanks to you always. Farewell. I, Aurelius Germanos, the aforesaid, have submitted (this). I, […] son of Eudaimon, former magistrate of Herakleopolis, wrote for him since he does not know letters.

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