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p.bagnall.7 II - III (?)Arsinoites (?)

Letter about Court Proceedings and Agricultural Matters via HGV-meta

Letter about court proceedings in Alexandria and estate matters. A fragmentary private letter in which the writer reports on his petitions before a high official, apparently the prefect, in the Lageion and the praetorium at Alexandria, and gives instructions to the recipient about estate business. He tells him to stop acting over the property of a certain Syros but to make him pay, to attend to a farmstead at Herakleia, and complains that the wine at Berkythis yielded 50 jars instead of 300. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[… ? lines lost …] […]…[…]…[…]…[…] …[…]…[…]…[…] …επε… …υ…α…[…] […]…τα ταῦτα ἐντευχθεὶς ὑπ’ ἐμοῦ ἐπὶ παρόντι τῷ πρ[…] τῇ κα ἐν τῷ Λαγείῳ ἐπέτρεψέν μοι ἐντυχεῖν αὐτῷ πρὸ βήματος. ὡς μὴ ἀρκεσθεὶς ο…[…]…τη ἐντυχίᾳ τῆς κα καὶ τῇ κβ ὁμοίως ἐνέτυχον ἐν τῷ πραιτωρίῳ ἐπὶ παρόντι πάλιν τῷ προσωστη. καὶ αὐτοῦ λέγοντος ἔχειν κριτὴν τὸν ἀρχιδικαστὴν ἠπείλησεν αὐτῷ εἰπὼν δαρ ήσῃ. ἐγὼ τοῦ πράγματος ὡς επα…[…] ἀκούω. τὰ οὖν ἡμεῖν πραχθέντα ταῦτά ἐστι. καὶ ὅτι ἡγεμὼν ἡ- μῶν ἀκούει ἴσθι. περὶ τῶν τοῦ Σύρου ὑπαρχόντων μηδὲν πράξας ἄχρι νῦν μηκέτι μηδὲν ἐνέργει. περὶ μέντοι τῶν ἄλλων πράσσε ὅ τι ἂν δυνηθῇς ἐξαιρέτως περὶ τοῦ ἐν Ἡρακλείᾳ ἐποικίου. ἐπίστα μέντοι ὡς ἐὰν δυνηθῇς ὅπως ἐκπραχθῇ τὴν τειμὴν ὁ Σύρος. οὐ γὰρ δεῖ τοὺς τοιούτους ἐλεᾶν. ὁ ἐν Βερκυθι οἶνος εἰς κεράμια ν ἦλθεν ἀντὶ τριακοσίων. ὅρα πόσα σοι ἡμάρτηται τω…ι…ν…νωι τούτωι καὶ γένοιτο ἵνα ……[…] 2.απρο3.η1.ι6. […]…[…]δεν τῶν ἡμετέρων ἀσπορήσῃ τοιούτῳ ε[…]αυτω …τ[…]…ατα […]…[…]…[…] […]…[…]…αι ἐντειλαμεν … αἰγιαλῷ

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[… lines lost …] […] […] […] […] […] […] […] […] […] […] these things, having been petitioned by me in the presence of the pr[…] on the 21st in the Lageion, he allowed me to petition him before the tribunal. As, not being satisfied with the […] petition of the 21st, on the 22nd too I likewise petitioned in the praetorium, again in the presence of the (?) [opponent]. And when he said that he had the archidikastes as judge, he threatened him, saying, "You will be flogged (?)." I hear of the matter as […]. These, then, are the things done by us. And know that our prefect is hearing (the case). Concerning the property of Syros, since you have done nothing until now, do nothing further. As for the other matters, however, do whatever you can, especially concerning the farmstead in Herakleia. Know, however, that if you can, see that Syros is made to pay the price. For one must not pity such people. The wine at Berkythis came to 50 jars instead of 300. See how many errors have been made by you […] this, and may it be that […] […] […] none of our (land) remains unsown […] such […] […] […] having ordered […] on the shore-land.

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Found at Arsinoite nome

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