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p.kellis.1.20 Kellis (Oasis Magna)
Petition to the praeses Thebaidos via HGV-meta
Petition to the governor of the Thebaid about a seized donkey and assault. Petition from Aurelius Pamouris son of Psais of the village of Kellis in the Great Oasis to Aurelius Herodes, governor of the Thebaid. He complains that a powerful local man, Pollon son of Psais of Mothis, seized his donkey and beat him during a period of unrest when he was still a minor, and asks the governor to intervene. machine translation
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- Petition to the praeses Thebaidos HGV-meta Kellis (Oasis Magna)300
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Transcription
Αὐρηλίῳ Ἡρώδῃ τῷ διασημοτάτῳ ἡγουμένῳ Θηβαΐδος.
παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Παμούριος Ψάιτος ἀπὸ κώμης Κέλλεως τῆς Μωθιτῶν πόλεως
τῆς Μεγάλης Ὀάσεως. οὐδὲν δεινότερον
οὐδὲ βιαιότερον, ἡγεμὼν κύριε, βίαν καὶ
πλεονεξίαν ἐν τοῖς τότεἀκαταστασίοις
καιροῖς ὑπὸ Πόλλωνος Ψάιτος ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς Μωθιτῶν πόλεως. ἄνθρωπος μεγάλα ἐπὶ τῶν τόπων δυνάμενος, βιαίως
καὶ τυρρανικῶς ἥρπασεν τὸν ὄνον
μου ἔτι ἀτελοῦς τότε τῆς ἡλικίας καὶ
ταῖς ἐξ ἀνθρώπων πληγαῖς συνέκοψέν με. μέτριος ὢν καὶ διὰ …[…]
μων μου τὰ πρὸς τὸν βίον μου ποριζόμενος ἀναγκαίως καταφεύγω πρὸς σέ,
δέσποτα, διὰ τῶνδε τῶν βιβλιδίων ἀξιῶν καὶ δεόμενος κελεῦσαι[…]
[… ? lines lost …]Translations (1)
To Aurelius Herodes, the most eminent governor (hegemon) of the Thebaid,
from Aurelius Pamouris son of Psais, from the village of Kellis of the city of the Mothites of the Great Oasis.
Nothing is more terrible or more violent, my lord governor, than the violence and greed (committed) in the unsettled times of that period by Pollon son of Psais, from the same city of the Mothites. A man of great power in the district, he violently and tyrannically seized my donkey when I was still under age at that time, and beat me with blows beyond human endurance. Being a man of modest means and [through] […] of mine providing for my livelihood, I necessarily take refuge [with you], master, through this [petition], asking and begging you to order […]
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- TM-Text 20285 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.kellis;1;20 tier-1
- HGV-Text 20285 tier-1
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