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p.apoll.69
Lettre pour demander justice via HGV-meta
Letter to a lord requesting justice in a grain purchase dispute. Fragmentary letter to a high-ranking official addressed as 'your God-protected lordship', concerning a purchase of 150 artabas involving a woman named Tremaos, payment of prices, and the role of the priest and monk Apa Dios. The writer asks for a just settlement, mentions craftsmen working on a wheel-mill, and apologizes lest he be thought arrogant. machine translation
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TM 39128.
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Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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[…] παρʼ ὑμῖν ἀγοράσαι ἑκατὸν πεντήκοντα ἀρτάβας ε[…]
[…]ὀνόματι Τρεμαῶτος καὶ ὡς μᾶλλον τριάκοντα δέδωκεν αὐτῇ …[…]
[…]εἰς τὴν φιλόχριστον ὑμῶν πόλιν πληρῶσαι αὐτὴν τὰς τιμὰς καὶ λαβεῖν τ[…]
[…] τῆς γυναικὸς τὴν […]
[…]τὴν θεοφύλακτον ὑμῶνδεσποτείαν κελεῦσαι δοῦναι[…]
[…]περαιτέρω γὰρ τοῦ δικαίου οὐ θέλομεν· εἰκονίσθην δὲ τὸ πῶς κα…[…]
[…]Ἄπα Δῖος ὁ θεοφιλέστατος πρεσβύτερος καὶ μονάζων, καὶ οὐκ ἠξίωσέν με λαβεῖν […]
[…]πρὸς τὴν ὑμῶν θεοφύλακτον δεσπότειαν. ἴσως ἄρα ἐκάλυψεν αὐτῷ ὁ δεσπότης μου[…]
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[…]τοὺς τεχνίτας καμεῖν εἰς τὸ τροχομυλόνιν καὶ συν…ροει…[…]
[…] καλὸν καὶ τέλειον γε[…] τὴν ὑμῶν θεοφύλακτονδεσποτείαν[…]
[…]αὐτὸν μὴ λογισθείσῃ εἰς ἐμὲ τὸ πταῖσμα μου, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον μνησθῇ […]
[…]του εὐχαῖς παρὰ Θεοῦ· γεγράφηκεν δὲ ἡ ὑμῶν θεοφύλακτος δεσποτεία κελεύων ευ[…]
ὀπίσω
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[…] ἑπόμενος ταύτῃ τῇ κελεύσει μὴ κει[…]…ουθ…εις…[…]
[…] περὶ τούτου· οὐ μὴν δὲ Ἄπα Δῖος ὁ πρεσβύτερος καὶ ὅσιος μονάζον ἀνέπλευσεν[…]
[…] καὶ Σεβαστιανὸς κατὰ τοῦτον […] ἐχρήσατο πλεῦσαι[…]
[…]φοβοῦμαι ἵνα μὴ λέγετε ὅτι κατʼ ὑπερηφανίαν οὐκ ἐβουλόμην[…]
[…]ὃ μὴ γένοιτο. παρακαλῶ δὲ ὑμᾶς κελεύσατε […]
[…] τοὺς προπεμφθέντας παρʼ ἐμοῦ πρὸς ὑμᾶς […]
[…]γνησίως τοὺς πόδας ὑμῶν καταφιλῶ ἀσπαζόμενος τὰ ἴχνη[…]Translations (1)
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[…] to buy from you 150 artabas […]
[…] in the name of Tremaos, and moreover he has given her 30 […]
[…] to your Christ-loving city, to pay her the prices in full and to receive […]
[…] of the woman the […]
[…] your God-protected lordship to order to give […]
[…] for we do not want anything beyond what is just. I was informed (?) how […]
[…] Apa Dios, the most God-beloved priest and monk, and he did not think fit for me to receive […]
[…] to your God-protected lordship. Perhaps then my lord concealed it from him […]
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[…] the craftsmen to work on the wheel-mill and […]
[…] good and perfect […] your God-protected lordship […]
[…] him, so that my fault may not be counted against me, but rather that he may remember […]
[…] by prayers from God. Your God-protected lordship has written ordering […]
Over
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[…] following this order not […]
[…] about this. Apa Dios, the priest and holy monk, however, did not sail up […]
[…] and Sebastianos accordingly […] made use of (a boat?) to sail […]
[…] I fear lest you say that out of arrogance I did not want […]
[…] which may it not happen. I beg you, order […]
[…] those sent ahead by me to you […]
[…] I sincerely kiss your feet, greeting your footsteps […]
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 39128 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.apoll;;69 tier-1
- HGV-Text 39128 tier-1
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