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De Pésynthios: le diagraphon des cultivateurs via HGV-meta
Letter from Pesynthios to the pagarch Papas about a farmer's wife detained for tax. Letter from Pesynthios to the pagarch Papas about the wife of the farmer Iakkobos, who was detained over her husband's diagraphon tax. Pesynthios explains that his son collects such taxes yearly from farmers in the city and asks that she be spared until then. From the Apollonopolis archive of Papas, 7th century AD. machine translation
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Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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† ἐπειδὴ ἡ γυνὴ Ἰακκώβου τοῦ γεωργοῦ τοῦ παραδοθέντος μοι ἐκ τῆς ὑμετέρας θεοφυλάκτου μεγαλοπρεποῦς δεσποτείας κατὰ συγκρότησιν
ἦλθεν λέγουσα ὡς ἐκρατήθη[…]χάριν τοῦ διαγράφου τοῦ ἀνδρὸς αὐτῆς, καὶ ἄπιστον μὲν ἐφάνη μοι
τὸ πρᾶγμα, μὴ ἄρα δὲ κα…εμ…τούτου· ἐπειδὴ γὰρ οἶδεν ὁ δεσπότης μου ὅτι κατʼ ἐνιαυτὸν πέμπω τὸν σύνδουλόν μου
τὸν υἱόν μου εἰς τὴν εὐλογημένην ὑμῶν πόλιν καὶἀπαιτεῖν τοὺς ὄντας ἐκεῖ γεωργοὺς τῶν χωρίων Τάμεως, καὶ δοῦναι τῷ
ἀπαιτητῇ τὸ διάγραφον τῶν ὄντων ἐγγύς μου, τοῦτʼ ἔστιν καὶ Σανσνώτι, εἰ μὴ αὐτοὺς γὰρ οὐκ ἔχω ἐγγύς μου·
καὶ ἐγὼ δὲ ἔχω ἐγγὺς ὑμῶν τέσσαρας γεωργοὺς πρὸς τὴν ὑποτεταγμένην γνῶσιν, καὶ
λοιπὸν ἀπολογοῦμαι κατʼ ἐνιαυτόν τὸ διδόμενον
ὑμῖν ὑμὲρ τῶν ὄντων μου ἐγγὺς ὑμῶν τεσσάρων γεωργῶν παρακαλῶ ὑμᾶς κελεῦσαι διαβασταγῆναι αὐτὴν ἕως οὗ πέμψω τὸν προσκυνητὴν
ὑμῶν τὸν υἱόν μου καὶ λαβεῖν παρὰ τῶν ὄντων ἐγγὺς ὑμῶν γεωργῶν τῶν χωρίων, καὶ δοῦναι τῷ ἀπαιτητῇ τὸ διάγραφον αὐτῶν. πρὸς ὃ
ἂν κελεύετε ὅπως καὶ ἐν τούτῳ πλεῖστα εὐχαριστῶ ὑμῖν συνήθως προσομολόγησον. διὰ τοῦ γράμματος πλεῖστα προσκυνῶ
καὶ κατασπάζομαι τοὺς τετιμημένους πόδας τῆς ὑμετέρας θεοφυλάκτου δεσποτείας, καὶ διʼ ὑμῶν τὸν περίβλεπτον ὑμῶν
ἀδελφὸν τὸν περίβλεπτον Κῦριν Ἰωάννην, παρακαλῶν συνεχῶς γράψαι μοι τὴν ἐν Χριστῷ ὑμῶν ὑγιείαν, καὶ περὶ ὧν κελεύετε
τῶν μερῶν τούτων, ἑτοίμῳ ὄντι πᾶσαν κέλευσιν ὑμῶν κατὰ χρέος ἀποπληρῶσαι. ἐὰν δὲ ἀναλάβω ἐμαυτὸν ὀλίγον
εὑρίσκομαι σὺν Θεῷ εἰς προσκύνησιν ὑμῶν μετὰ προθυμίας πολλῆς † † †
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τῷ θεοφυλάκτῳ μου δεσπότῃ καὶ τὰ πάντα τιμιωτάτῳ Κύρῳ Παπᾷ τῷ μεγίστῳ κόμετι πολιτευομέῳ καὶ παγάρχῳ † Πεσύνθιος †Translations (1)
[recto]
† Since the wife of Iakkobos, the farmer who was handed over to me by your God-protected magnificent lordship by way of a collection arrangement (?), came saying that she had been detained […] on account of her husband's diagraphon tax, the matter seemed incredible to me, unless perhaps […] this. For my master knows that every year I send my fellow slave, my son, to your blessed city to collect from the farmers of the estates of Tamis who are there, and to give the collector the diagraphon of those who are near me, that is, also of Sansnos, since otherwise I do not have them near me. And I too have four farmers near you, according to the list below, and moreover I account every year for what is paid to you on behalf of my four farmers who are near you. I ask you to order that she be borne with (?) until I send your servant, my son, to collect from the farmers of the estates who are near you and to give the collector their diagraphon. Concerning what you order, so that in this too I may thank you greatly, kindly acknowledge as usual. Through this letter I greatly do obeisance to and kiss the honoured feet of your God-protected lordship, and through you your admirable brother, the admirable lord Ioannes, asking you continually to write to me of your health in Christ, and about what you order in these parts, since I am ready to fulfil every order of yours as is my duty. If I recover myself a little, I shall, with God, come to pay obeisance to you with great eagerness. † † †
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[verso]
To my God-protected master, in all things most honoured, lord Papas, the most great comes, councillor and pagarch, † from Pesynthios †
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 39103 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.apoll;;42 tier-1
- HGV-Text 39103 tier-1
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