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D’Elias: le canal de Latopolis via HGV-meta
Letter from Elias to the pagarch Papas about work on the canal of Latopolis. Letter from Elias, a notary, to Papas, pagarch of Apollonos Ano (Edfu), reporting that the amir has rebuked him because no progress has been made on the canal of Latopolis (Esna). Elias has sent his notary John to supervise the daily workforce and urges Papas's men to finish their assigned share of cleaning and digging within ten or fifteen days. machine translation
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Transcription
[r]
† μετὰ τοῦ ἐμὲ ποιῆσαι τὴν προτέραν ἐπιστολήν, ἦλθεν ἄλλος βερεδάριος μετὰ γραμμάτων τοῦ δεσπότου ἡμῶν τοῦ πανευφήμου ἀμιρᾶ,
ἐν οἷς ἔγραψεν μεμφόμενός μου ὅτι ἐγνώσθη[…]περὶ τῆς διώρυγος τῆς Λάτων ὅτι μέχρι νῦν οὐδὲν ἄξιον λόγου
ἐγένετο εἰς τὸ ἔργον αὐτῆς. καὶ ἐκέλευσέν μοι πέμψαι νοτάριόν μου ὀφείλοντα μεῖναι εἰς ἀνώρυξιν αὐτῆς, καὶ
ζητῆσαι τὸ ἀδνούμεν
τῶν ἐργατῶν καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν, καὶ σφίγξαι τὸ πρᾶγμα αὐτῆς εἴτε εἰς τὴν ἀνακάθαρσιν εἴτε εἰς τὴν ἀνώρυξιν τοῦ
ὑπολοίπου ἑκάστου, ἵνα τὸ ἔργον τελειωθῇ ἐντὸς δέκα
ἡμερῶν ἤτοι δεκαπέντε . καὶ ἠναγκάσθην περιφρονῆσαι
τοῦ ἐλαχίστου μου πράγματος, καὶ πέμψαι Ἰωάννην τὸν νοτάριόν μου διὰ τὴν ἀπαραίτητον κέλευσιν τοῦ δεσπότου ἡμῶν τοῦ πανευφήμου
ἀμιρᾶ. καὶ ἀνάγκη ὑμῖν, ὡς ἔγραψεν κελεύων μοι, καμεῖν εἴτε εἰς τὴν ἀνακάθαρσιν εἴτε εἰς τὴν ἀνώρυξιν τοῦ ὑπολοίπου
νέου. λοιπὸν ἐὰν θέλετε μετὰ σπουδῆς ἐξεῖναι ἀπὸ τῶν ἐκεῖσε καὶ ἐλθεῖν εἰς τὰ ὑμῶν ἰδικὰ ἔργα εὐθέως, μάθετε τὸ μέρος
ὑμῶν εἴτε ἐκ τοῦ παλαιοῦ εἴτε ἐκ τοῦ νέου, καὶ τὰ ἔργα τελειώσατε καὶ ἀναχωρήσατε. οὐ δυνάμεθα γὰρ παρακοῦσαι τὰς
κελεύσεις τοῦ δεσπότου ἡμῶν[…]τι † Παχὼν θ ἰνδικτίονος ιβ †
[v]
† τῷ τὰ πάντα περιβλέπτῳ καὶ τιμιωτάτῳ ἀδελφῷ Παπᾷ παγάρχῳ Ἀπόλλωνος Ἄνω † Ἠλίας νοτάριος †Translations (1)
[recto]
† After I had written the previous letter, another courier came with a letter of our master the most praised amir, in which he wrote reproaching me that it had become known […] about the canal of Lato(polis), that until now nothing worth mentioning has been done on the work on it. And he ordered me to send my notary, who is to stay for its excavation, and to look into the roll-call (adnoumen) of the workmen each day, and to press on with its business, whether for the cleaning or for the excavation of the remainder of each, so that the work may be completed within ten or fifteen days. And I was compelled to neglect my own small affairs and to send John my notary, because of the inexorable order of our master the most praised amir. And it is necessary for you, as he wrote ordering me, to toil whether at the cleaning or at the excavation of the remainder of the new (canal). So, if you wish to get away quickly from there and come straight to your own works, find out your share, whether of the old or of the new, and complete the works and withdraw. For we cannot disobey the orders of our master […] † Pachon 9, indiction 12 †
[verso]
† To the all-admired and most honoured brother Papas, pagarch of Apollonos Ano, † Elias, notary †
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- TM-Text 39088 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.apoll;;27 tier-1
- HGV-Text 39088 tier-1
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