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basp.54.48

New Fragments of the Amnesty Decree of October 9, 186 BCE via HGV-meta

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Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 2229. Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[A] [… ? lines lost …] […]αραξιοι…[…]…[…]…[…]…[…]…τη…[…] καὶ ἐπιστατῶν τῶν φυλακιτῶν καὶ τῶν ἀρχιφυλακιτῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων διὰ τὸ […] ἐνέχεσθαι λείαις ἢ ἄλλαις αἰτίαις καταπορεύεσθαι εἰς τὰς ἰδίας ἀπολελυμένους τῶν ἐγκλημάτων πλὴν τῶν […]φόνους ἑκουσίους καὶ τῶν ἐκ τῶν ναῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἱερῶν καὶ ἱερῶν ἀποδοχείων σεσυληκότων.[…]ἀπολύει δὲ καὶ […]των τεταγμένους καὶ τοὺς στρατευομένους καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείαι κατοικοῦντας καὶ τοὺς ἐν τῇ χώραι τῶν ἐγκλημάτων καὶ τῶν ἀγνοημάτων τῶν ἕως Μεσορὴ τοῦ ιθ ἔτους. προστέταχεν δὲ ἀπολῦσαι καὶ τῆς ἐπιγραφῆς καὶ τῆς […]εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν τοὺς …[…] αὐτῶν τούς τε […]αξεως γενομένους καὶ τοὺς τοῖς χ …[…]…ισιν τῶι ἀφεσίμωι ἐπὶγεγραμμένους. ἀφίησιν δὲ καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους καὶ τοὺς μισθωτὰς […]λου τοὺς γεωργοῦντας τὴν βασιλικὴν γῆν τῶν ὀφειλημάτων ἐν αὐτοῖς πάντων πρὸς τὴν σιτικὴν μίσθωσιν καὶ τὸ χωματικὸν τῆς βασιλικῆς γῆς ἕως τοῦ ιϛ ἔτους χωρὶς τῶν μισθωτῶν τῶν εἰς τὸ πατρικὸν μεμισθωμένων. ἀφίησιν δὲ καὶ τὰ ὀφειλόμενα ἀπὸ τῆς ἐγλήμψεως τῶν προσόδων ἕως τοῦ αὐτοῦ χρόνου χωρὶς τῶν […]. ἀφίησιν δὲ καὶ τοὺς κυρίους τῶν κατὰ κακ… […]…ημένων ἀμπελώνων καὶ παραδείσων καὶ […]καὶ βαλανείων τὰ ἀναγραφόμενα ὀφείλεσθαι πάντα ἕως τοῦ κ ἔτους. ἀφίησιν δὲ καὶ τοὺς ὀφείλοντας πρὸς τὸ …[…] […]ναπεπραμένων ἕως τοῦ ιθ ἔτους ἀφʼ ὧν ἐωνη[…] […]ἀφίησιν δὲ καὶ τοὺς ὀφείλοντας καταγνώσματι […]τῶν ἐνεχυρασιῶν … ὑπαρχους[…]. ἀφίησιν δὲ καὶ τοὺς ἐπιστάτας τῶν φυλακιτῶν …[…] ἀρχιφυλακίτας καὶ φυλακίτας τῆς ἕως τοῦ ιθ ἔτους γεγονυίας βασιλικῆς λείας. ἀφίησιν δὲ καὶ τοῦ κληρουχικοῦ[…]…α[…]τους πεζοὺς καὶ τοὺς μαχίμους καὶ τοὺς φυλακίτας καὶ τοὺς [fragment a] [… ? lines lost …] […]αυιαι…[…] [… ? lines lost …] [B] [… ? lines lost …] […]αι…και[…]…[…]…[…] […]αυτω[…]νοτων[…] […]…θων ἔδει ναυπηγῆσαι ς[…] προστέταχεν δὲ καὶ τοὺς …[…]ιστηνα…[…] […] προστέταχεν δὲ μηδένα ἀγγαρεύειν πλοῖα κατὰ μηδεμίαν παρεύρεσιν[…] […] αὐτοῦ ἀποδημίας, καὶ τοὺς[…] […]τῶν στρατηγῶν καὶ δυνα[…] […]ἀποδιδόναι τὰ ὑποκείμενα ναῦλα.[…] μηδένα δὲ μήτε τῶν στρατηγῶν μήτε τῶν ἐπιστατῶν μήτε τῶν ἐπιμελητῶν μήτε τῶν πρακτόρων μήτε τῶν χρηματιστῶν μήτε τῶν οἰκονόμων μήτε τῶν[…] […] μήτε τῶν ἄλλων τῶν πρὸς ταῖς χρείαις πραγματευομένων τεταγμένων ἐπὶ τῶν τε βασιλικῶν καὶ πολιτικῶν καὶ ἱερευτικῶνἀπάγειν μηδένα πρὸς ἴδιον ὀφείλημα ἢ ἀδίκημα μηδὲ ἰδίας ἔχθρας ἕνεκεν συνέχειν μηδʼ ἐν ταῖς οἰκίαις μηδʼ ἐν ἄλλοις τόποις ἐν εἱρκτῆι ἐλευθέρους· ἀνάγειν δὲ αὐτοὺς[…] [C] [column i] [… ? lines lost …] […]…ω[…] […]βασιλικῶν …ρ[…]…ορο… ἐκδε […]…ηι γεωμετρ[…]…ιστη γεωμετρ[…]…ολ[…]κότες […]…κα…ο…δη […]βασιλικὸς γραμματεὺς[…]…ισε[…]ν συνεχε[…]… […]…τας γεωμετρ[…] […]ηνησα…[…]…ησ…τ[…]ου […]γεωμετρίαν κατʼ ἐνιαυτὸν […] τῶν ἱερῶν τὰ προ[…] […]…[…]ων ἔτι ὑπαρχόντων […]… τὴν ἱερευτικὴν […]…[…]…στου… […]εκτα ἁπασῶν […]προστέταχεν δὲ καὶ τοὺς …[…] […]α…σιν…[…] […]εκθε[…] [… ? lines lost …] [column ii] [… ? lines lost …] […]…[…] λ…[…]ε[…] ον τροπ[…] […]ους τ[…] […]ς…[…] […]ε[…] [… ? lines lost …] [fragment 2] […]…νους ἀπὸ τῶν […] εἰς τὰς ἰδίας ἐν […] ἐγκλημάτων […]…εκ…[…] […]…α…τουσ[…] […]…ος… παρεληλυ[…] […] ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείαι κα[…] […]…σαι θανάτωι […] … […] [… ? lines lost …] [fragment 3] [… ? lines lost …] […]…ηστη[…] […]…ρ[…]παραπεπρακότ- […] […]… πεποηκοτας τοὺς μὴ ἀπο[…] […]ηκοντα κτήνη εἰς τὴν τοῦ ἐννομίου […] […] τοὺς γεγεωργηκότας τὴν βασιλικὴν γῆν ἀπο…[…] […]των καὶ τῶν ἄλλων[…] 7.[…]του ἔτους πρακ…[…] …

Translations (1)

EN scholarly
(lines 10–20) ... Neither any of the stratêgoi nor of the epistatai nor of the epimelêtai nor of the praktores nor of the chrêmatistai nor of the oikonomoi nor of the [ --- ] nor of the others tending to business in charge of royal or civic or priestly matters is to arrest anyone for a private debt or (private) wrongdoing, nor is any of these officials to detain, either in homes or other places because of a private hatred, free men; but they are to bring them up…. (J. Bauschatz, Law and Enforcement, p. 250)

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