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p.cair.masp.1.67006r ca. 567Antinoopolis
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Petition of the widow Maria of Sabbis against imposition of unsown land. A petition from Maria, a widow of the village of Sabbis in the Theodosiopolite nome, raising orphaned young sons. She complains that the leading men of her village are forcibly assigning her unsown land, making her liable for its taxes and burdens, and asks the high official to forbid her being forced into this agricultural obligation. It dates to around AD 567 and comes from Antinoopolis. machine translation
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- Requête HGV-meta Antinoopolisca. 567
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Transcription
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† δέησις καὶ ἱκεσία παρὰ Μαρίας ἀπὸ κώμης Σάββεως τοῦ Θεοδοσιουπολίτου νομοῦ.
εὐεργέτημα μέγιστον πρόκειται πᾶσι τοῖς ἠδικημένοις ἡ τῆς ὑμετέρας ἐνδόξου
ὑπερφυΐας ἐκδικία. ἀδικοῦμαι ὑπὲρ πάντα λόγον, καὶ ἐγὼ ἡ ἀθλία χήρα καὶ τρέφουσα πολλοὺς ὀρφανοὺς ἀφηλίκους υἱοὺς καὶ μηδέποτε π…λθ… κατὰ σπόραν πυρῶν
[…]ηθην μήτε ἀπὸ γονέων καὶ προγόνων μου τοῦτο τὸ ἔμφυτον ἔχουσα, καὶ οὕτως ἐπεξῆλθάν μοι βιαίως οἱ πρωτεύοντες τῆς ἐμῆς κώμης Σάββεως, βουλόμενοι ἐπιβαλεῖν τῇ ἐμῇ χηραιότητι ἀρούρας στρεφομένας … τῷ ἀπόρῳ
[…] μετὰ τῶν ἐμῶν ὀρφανῶν τέκνων μου τῶν καὶ δεομένων τὴν ἀναγκαίαν τροφήν, ἀπολογήσασθαι ὑπὲρ τούτων μὴ σπειρομένων ἀεὶ δημόσια καὶ
πάντα βάρη· ὅθεν παρακαλῶ τὸ ὕψος ὑμῶν φιλάνθρωπον
εἰ παρασταίη προστάξαι μὴ παρὰ τὸ ἔθος συνήθως τῶν ἐμῶν γονέων καὶ τῆς παντοίας μου γενέας ἕλκεσθαί με εἰς τοιοῦτο γεωργικὸν λειτούργημα καὶ φρόντισμα δουλίας οὗ ἀπείρως ἔχω καὶ ἀδυνάτως ἔχω τὸ μέρος …θῆναι
[…]πορω τοῦ ἀλιάστου, ἵνα μὴ καὶ εὕρω καταθέσθαι γῄδια, ὅπως τούτου τυχοῦσα τοῦ εὐεργετήματος εὐχαριστηρίους εὐχὰς καὶ ὕμνους ἀναπέμψω τῷ παγκτίστῳ Θεῷ καὶ σωτῆρι Χριστῷ ὑπὲρ διαμονῆς ὡς κ…δεσι μόνος
[…]τοῦ φιλανθρώπου ὕψους ὑμῶν καὶ τῶν γλυκυτάτων ὑμῶν τέκνων διὰ παντός, δέσποτα ☧
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† δέησις καὶ ἱκεσία παρὰ ΜαρίαςTranslations (1)
† Petition and supplication from Maria, from the village of Sabbis in the Theodosiopolite nome.
The greatest benefaction set before all who have been wronged is the vindication granted by your glorious Highness. I am wronged beyond all reason, I, the wretched widow who am raising many orphaned sons who are minors, and who have never […] in the sowing of wheat […], nor having this as an inherited custom from my parents and ancestors; and so the leading men of my village of Sabbis have attacked me by force, wishing to impose on my widowhood arouras that are being turned over (?) […] to the destitute […] together with my orphaned children, who also lack the food they need, so that I must answer for these lands, which are never sown, for public taxes and all burdens. Therefore I beseech your benevolent Highness,
if it please you, to order that I not be dragged, contrary to the custom of my parents and of my whole family, into such an agricultural liturgy and servile care, of which I have no experience and for which my share is impossible […] of the unfailing (?), so that I may not be forced to give up my little plots of land, so that, having obtained this benefaction, I may send up prayers of thanksgiving and hymns to God the creator of all and to Christ the Saviour for the continuance […] of your benevolent Highness and of your sweetest children forever, master. ☧
† Petition and supplication from Maria
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- TM-Text 18981 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.cair.masp;1;67006r tier-1
- HGV-Text 18981 tier-1
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