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p.cair.isid.75 24. Okt. 316Karanis (Arsinoites)
Petition to a Praepositus Pagi via HGV-meta
Petition of Isidoros about a drunken break-in at his house in Karanis. A petition from Aurelius Isidoros of Karanis to Aurelius Gerontius, praepositus of the fifth pagus of the Arsinoite nome, dated 24 October 316. He complains that six drunken fellow villagers broke into his house while he was in the fields, smashed the doors and household utensils, and were stopped only when the women of the house called for help. He asks that the culprits be brought before the official for legal action. machine translation
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- Petition to a Praepositus Pagi HGV-meta Karanis (Arsinoites)24. Okt. 316
- Petition to a Praepositus Pagi APIS-papyrus Kom Aushim (Karanis)Oct. 24th 316 A.D.
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Inscription #1
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Transcription
Αὐρηλίῳ Γεροντίῳ πραιποσίτῳ ε πάγου
παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Ἰσιδώρου Πτολεμαίου ἀπὸ κώμης Καρανίδος.
πλείστην γῆν κεκτημένου μου καὶ περὶ τὴν γεωπονίαν ὄντος μου
μηδεμίαν τε συμπλοκὴν ἔχοντος πρός τινας κατὰ τὴν κώμην ἀλλὰ
κατʼ ἐμαυτὸν ἀναχωροῦντος, οὐκ οἶδα ὅπως, τῇ προελθούσῃ
ἡμέρᾳ μέσαις ὥραις ἐμοῦ ἐν ἀγροῖς ὄντος Καλᾶς Ὀννώφρεως
καὶ Σεύθης Τιμοθέου καὶ Ἑρᾶς Σεύθου καὶ Παῆσις Ἀπολιναρίου
καὶ Σώτας Ἀχιλλᾶ καὶ Σερῆνις Ἀρίστωνος ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς κώμης
μηδὲν ἔχοντες πρός με, οἴνῳ πολλῷ βεβαρημένοι καὶ
θαρροῦντες ᾧ περίκεινται πλούτει, ἐπιστάντες μετὰ ἀραβικῶν τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ οἰκίᾳ καὶ τὰς μὲν θύρας κατασχίσαντες
καὶ ἔνδον γενόμενοι ὅσα μὲν πρὸς ὑπηρεσίαν εἴχομεν
σκεύη συνέτριψαν βαστάξαντες καὶ εἴ τι ἐν τῷ τόπῳ
εὗραν, καὶ εἰ μὴ βοῇ κέχρηνται οἱ ἡμέτεροι γυναῖκες οὖσαι ἐποίησαν οἱ ἀπὸ
τῆς κώμης ἐπίπτωσιν τῷ τόπῳ. τάχα ἂν καὶ μείζονα
αὐτοῖς ἐπεβουλεύοντο. ὅθεν τῆς τηλικαύτης αὐτῶν ἀναιδείας
δεομένης τῆς ἀπὸ τῶν νόμων ἐπεξελεύσεως τῶν τε
θυρῶν καὶ τῶν συντριβέντων σκευῶν φανερῶν ὄντων,
ἀναγκαίως τὰ ἔνγραφα ἐπιδίδωμι ἀξιῶν αὐτοὺς ἀχθῆναι ἐπὶ σοῦ
ἵνα τὰ ἀκόλουθα τοῖς νόμοις πραχθῆναι δυνηθῇ, ὃ
παραφησυχάσω ἐπὶ τούτοις. διευτύχει.
ὑπατείας Σαβίνου καὶ Ῥουφίνου τῶν λαμπροτάτων
Φαῶφι κζ.Translations (1)
To Aurelius Gerontius, praepositus of the 5th pagus,
from Aurelius Isidoros son of Ptolemaios, from the village of Karanis.
Although I own a great deal of land and am occupied with farming, and have no involvement with anyone in the village but keep to myself, I do not know how, yesterday at midday while I was in the fields, Kalas son of Onnophris and Seuthes son of Timotheos and Heras son of Seuthes and Paesis son of Apolinarios and Sotas son of Achillas and Serenis son of Ariston, from the same village, having no claim against me, heavily loaded with wine and trusting in the wealth with which they are surrounded, came upon our house with Arabs (?), broke down the doors, and once inside smashed the utensils we had for our service, carrying off whatever they found in the place; and if our womenfolk had not raised a shout, so that the people of the village made a rush to the place, they would perhaps have plotted even greater harm. Therefore, since such great shamelessness of theirs requires prosecution under the laws, and the doors and the smashed utensils are plain to see, I am compelled to submit this written petition, asking that they be brought before you so that what follows from the laws may be carried out, since I will not keep silent about these matters. Farewell.
In the consulship of Sabinus and Rufinus, the most illustrious, Phaophi 27.
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- TM-Text 10406 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.cair.isid;;75 tier-1
- HGV-Text 10406 tier-1
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