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p.flor.1.91 ca. 148Arsinoites

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Petition against Petosouchos concerning ruinous liturgies. Fragmentary petition, probably to the prefect of Egypt, from a man of the Arsinoite nome ruined by liturgies, including collection of the river-guard tax in Alexandria, who blames a certain Petosouchos and asks that the strategos investigate and send him for trial. It bears the official's reply and part of a report by the village scribe Pantbeus, from about AD 148. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] […]… […] ἐπιτήρησιν πολλὰ ἐζημιώθην τῆς προτέρας γὰρ μὴ ἀναπαυσάμενος ἐδόθην εἰς ἑτέρανχρείαν πρακτορείαν ποταμοφυλακίδων ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ ἅτε[…]ακοσίων δραχμῶν πόρον ἔχων εἰς ἣν οὖν δοθεὶς ἐζημιώθην μέχρι τοῦ καὶ ὑποθέσθαι με τὴν οἰκίαν ἵνα δὴ τὴν λειτουργίαν ἐκτελέσω διὰ τὸ μηδὲν ἄλλο ἔχειν νῦν δὲ ὑπὸ δανειστῶν κινδυνεύων τὰ ὑποτεθειμένα ἀπολιπεῖν ἐπὶ σὲ καταφεύγω τὸν πάντων σωτῆρα μηνύων τὸν Πετοσοῦχον ὡς ἔστιν αἴτιος ὅτι ἀναγκαζόμενος ὑπὸ τῶν κωμογραμματεῶν ἐζημιώθην εἰς τὸ ἑξῆς ἔτεσιν δέκα καὶ πρὸς γραμματεύσας τοῖς γενομένοις πρεσβυτέροις τοῖς παρὰ Παάπει […]ὅθεν ἀξιῶ ἐάν σου τῇ τύχῃ δόξῃ κελεῦσαι γραφῆναι τῷ τοῦ νομοῦ στρατηγῷ ἀκοῦσαί μου πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ ἂν καταλάβῃ ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχοντα ἐκπέμψαι αὐτὸν ἐπί σε λόγον δώσοντα τῶν τετολμημένων. ἀνεπηρέαστον δέ με φυλάξαι ὅπως δυνηθῶ ἐν τῇ ἰδίᾳ συμμένων σὺν γυναικὶ καὶ τέκνοις γεωργεῖν ἣν διατάσσομαι βασιλικὴν γὴν ἢ ἀποδιδόναι ἕξω τὰ καθήκοντά μοι δημόσια καὶ λειτουργεῖν κατὰ δύναμιν ἵνʼ ᾦ εὐεργετημένος. διετύχει. γράψω τῷ στρατηγῷ ………… … ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς ἐπισκέψεως κωμογραμματεὺς Παντβεῦς ἐπερωτηθεὶς ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ προσεφώνησεν τὸν Πετοσοῦχον ὄντα τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς μητροπόλεως καὶ καταγεινόμενον ἐν κώμῃ[…]μὴ εἶναι κολλητίωνα αὐτοῦ μηδὲ τῶν […]γεγονέναι γεγραμματευκέναι δὲ χρόνον[…]τοῖς γενομένοις πρεσβυτέροις α ἔτους β ἔτους […]ἕως ζ ἔτους καὶ θ ἔτους, ι ἔτους Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου[…] [v]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] […] … […] supervision I suffered great losses; [for] without having rested [from the former (service)] I was appointed to another [office, the collection] of the river-guard tax in Alexandria, [since] […] having property of [… hundred] drachmas; [having been appointed] to this I suffered losses to the point of having to mortgage [my house] so that I might discharge the liturgy, because I have [nothing else. But now], being in danger from creditors of losing [what has been mortgaged], I take refuge with you, [the saviour of all], informing you that Petosouchos is [responsible because], being compelled by the village scribes, [I suffered losses for] ten successive years, and moreover he [served as scribe] to the former elders with Paapis […]. [Therefore I ask, if] it seems good to your Fortune, to order that a letter be written [to the strategos of the nome] to hear my case against him, and if he [finds this to be] so, to send him up to you to [give account of his outrageous acts], and to keep me free from harassment so [that I may be able], remaining in my own (village) with wife and children, [to farm] the royal land which I hold, or to pay [the public dues incumbent on] me and perform liturgies according to my means, [so that I may be] benefited. Farewell. (Subscription:) I will write to the strategos. … … [The] village scribe [in charge of the] inspection, Pantbeus, [questioned by me], declared that Petosouchos is [one of those from the] metropolis and is residing [in the village …] not to be his associate (?) nor of the […] to have been […], but to have served as scribe for a time […] to the former elders in year 1 and year 2 […] up to year 7 and year 9, year 10 of Antoninus Caesar [the lord …] [verso]

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