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p.kellis.1.21 6. Jan. 321Kellis (Oasis Magna)
Petition to a Former Magistrate via HGV-meta
Petition against a village headman for assault on the petitioner's wife. Petition from Aurelius Pamouris of Kellis to Aurelius Faustianus, former magistrate of Mothis and defender of the district, complaining that the village headman Sois and a carpenter's son broke down his door with an axe in his absence and beat his wife with a club. He asks that the matter be reported to the prefect Valerius Victorinianus so the offenders may be punished. machine translation
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- Petition to a Former Magistrate HGV-meta Kellis (Oasis Magna)6. Jan. 321
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Αὐρηλίῳ Φαυστιανῷ ἄρξαντι Μωθιτῶν πόλεως τῆς Μεγάλης Ὀάσεως
[…]ἐκδίκῳ χώρας.
παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Παμούριος Ψάιτος ἀπὸ κώμης Κέλλεως τῆς Μωθιτῶν
πόλεως. εἰ ἑκάστῳ προχωρήσει τὰ τῆς αὐθαδίας καὶ εἰ μὴ ἡ τῶν
νόμων ἐπισττρέφεια ἐπακολουθεῖν εἴωθεν, ἀβίωτος ἂν ἡμῖν τοῖς
[…]…ς χρόνος ἐγένετο. Σόις τοίνυν Ἀκούτιος κώμαρχος
τῆς αὐτῆς κώμης Κέλλεως ἀεὶ ἐπιβουλεύων μοι ὁσημέραι
[…]. μοι παρʼ ἕκαστα τοὺς παρεπιδημοῦντας στρατιώτας καὶ ὀφφικιαλίους ἐξπούγκτορας ἐπικωμάζων τῇ συμβίῳ μου καὶ ἐπιφυόμενός μοι. τῇ γὰρ χθὲς ἡμέρᾳ κατʼ ἀπουσίαν μου
[…]…ν θύραν κατασχίσας πελυκίῳ ἐπεισελθὼν ἅμα υἱῷ Ψεναμούνιος τέκτονος ἀπὸ Πμοῦν Παμω, μήτε ὢν λειτουργὸς μήδʼ αὐ
[…]κωμήτης μου τυγχάνων, ἐπελθὼν τῇ συμβίῳ μου
μεθʼ οὗ εἶχεν ῥοπάλου πληγαῖς αὐτὴν συνέκοψεν, ὡς αἱ πληγαὶ φαίνονται ἐπὶ σώματος αὐτῆς, ὡς μὴ ὑποκείμενοι νόμοις.
οὕτως τοίνυν οὔσης τῆς τῶν προειρημένων τοῦ τε κωμάρχου καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ Ψεναμούνιος διανοίας, οὐ δυνάμενος
διʼ ἡσυχίας ἄγειν, ἐπιδίδωμι τῇ σῇ ἐπιεικείᾳ τάδε τὰ βιβλία
ἀξιῶν ἀὐτὰ ταῦτα μηνυθῆναι τῇ ἀνδρείᾳ τοῦ κυρίου μου
διασημοτάτου ἡγεμόνος Οὐαλερίου Οὐικτωρινιανοῦ
πρὸς τὸ δύνασθαι τὸ τετολμημένον τυχεῖν τῆς προσηκούσης ἐκδικίας. διευτύχει.
μετὰ τὴν ὑπατείαν τῶν δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν Κωνσταντίνου
Σεβαστοῦ τὸ ϛ καὶ Κωνσταντίνου τοῦ ἐπιφανεστάτου
Καίσαρος τὸ α, Τῦβι ια. Αὐρήλιος Παμοῦρις Ψάιτος ὁ προκείμενος
ἐπιδέδωκα. ἔγραψα ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ μὴ εἰδότος γράμματα Αὐρήλιος Φιβίων
ἄρξας Ἑρμοῦ πόλεως.Translations (1)
To Aurelius Faustianus, former magistrate of the city of the Mothites of the Great Oasis, […] defender (ekdikos) of the district,
from Aurelius Pamouris son of Psais, from the village of Kellis of the city of the Mothites.
If acts of insolence were to succeed for everyone, and if the strictness of the laws were not accustomed to follow upon them, life would have become unlivable for us who […] time. Now then, Sois son of Akoutis, village headman of the same village of Kellis, constantly plotting against me every day, […] me on every occasion the soldiers and officials (expunctores) staying in the village, making riotous attacks on my wife and assailing me. For yesterday, in my absence, having split […] door with an axe, he burst in together with the son of Psenamounis the carpenter from Pmoun Pamo, who is neither a liturgist nor even […] my fellow villager, and attacking my wife he beat her with blows of the club he had, as the blows are visible on her body, as though they were not subject to the laws. Since therefore such is the intent of the aforementioned, both the village headman and the son of Psenamounis, and being unable to remain quiet, I submit this petition to your clemency, asking that these very matters be reported to the excellency of my lord the most perfect prefect Valerius Victorinianus, so that the outrage may meet with fitting punishment. Farewell.
After the consulship of our masters Constantine Augustus for the 6th time and Constantine the most illustrious Caesar for the 1st time, Tybi 11. I, Aurelius Pamouris son of Psais, the aforesaid, have submitted it. Aurelius Phibion, former magistrate of Hermopolis, wrote on his behalf since he does not know letters.
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- TM-Text 20286 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.kellis;1;21 tier-1
- HGV-Text 20286 tier-1
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