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p.lond.3.1075 VII
Letter to a magnate complaining about his insolent farmer Josephios. A 7th-century Byzantine letter, apparently from a pagarch or official, to a magnate addressed as a fatherly lord, complaining that the addressee's farmer Josephios insulted him before the addressee's son. The writer promises to visit next day and return whatever (including livestock) had been demanded of the addressee's farmers, and asks him to rein in Josephios. machine translation
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Inscription #1
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Transcription
† τὰ γραφέντα παρὰ τῆς ὑμετέρας μεγαλοπρεποῦς καὶ
θεοφυλάκτου πατρικῆς δεσποτείας ἐδεξάμην καὶ καὶ ἂν μὴ
γράψω ἐπίσταται ὅτι ὥσπερ θέλω ἐμαυτὸν ἀποθεραπεῦσαι
οὕτως καὶ τοὺς μεγαλοπρεπεστάτους καὶ θεοφυλάκτους
ὑμᾶς ἐν ἅπασι θέλω ἀποθεραπεῦσαι, ἀλλά τινα εἶπεν
ὁ υἱὸς ὑμῶν ὁ ἀδελφός μου ὅτι εἶπεν εἰς ὄψιν αὐτοῦ
Ἰωσήφιος ὁ ὑμέτερος γεωργὸς ἃ οὐ δύναται εἶπειν
ἐπὶ τῶν δούλων ὑμῶν καὶ ὄντως ἐθαύμασα·
ἐπίστασθε γὰρ καὶ ἂν μὴ γράψω ὅτι χρεία ἐστὶν τιμηθῆναι
τοὺς παγάρχας ἐξαιρέτως ἐν τοῖς τόποις. πλὴν
ἵνα μὴ πολλοῖς χρήσωμαι λόγοις θεοῦ κελεύοντος
αὔριονἀπέρχομαι εἰς προσκύνησιν ὑμῶν μετὰ τοῦ
εἰρημένου μου ἀδελφοῦ καὶ εἴ τι ἠπαιτήθησαν
οἱ γεωργοὶ ὑμῶν καὶ ἄν τε πρόβατα καὶ ἄν τε μῆλα[…]
ἀναδιδοῦμεν ὑμῖν ἐνταῦθα. ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑμεῖς δεσπόται
ὀφείλατε γράψαι τῷ αὐτῷ ὑμῶν γεωργῷ Ἰωσηφίῳ
ἵνα μὴ τοῦ λοιποῦ παρεξέλθῃ τοῦ σκοποῦ ὑμῶν·
πεπληροφόρημαι γὰρ σαφῶς ὅτι οὐ θέλετε αὐτὸν
εἶναι ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον ἀνεγκέφαλον. ἐὰν γὰρ οὕτως
ἐπιμείνῃ ἑαυτὸν βλάπτει. πλὴν δὲ δεσπότα
ὡς προέγραψα ἐὰν στράφωσιν τὰ σύνπαντα
τι ποτὲ τῶν λυπούντων τοὺς θεοφυλάκτους καὶ
μεγαλοπρεπεστάτους ὑμᾶς οὐ γίνεται. ἀλλʼ ἅπαντα
ὅσα ἠπαιτήθησαν οἱ γεωργοὶ ὑμῶν ἀναδίδομεν
ὑμῖν ἐνταῦθα πίστει τοῦ ὑμετέρου συμμάχου
διὰ τοῦ γράμματος ὡς προηρη…[…]…η…ιως. ἀσπάζομαι
τὴν ὑμετέραν μεγαλοπρεπῆ καὶ θεοφύλακτον
πατρικὴν δεσποτείαν †Translations (1)
† I have received what was written by your magnificent and God-guarded fatherly lordship, and even if I do not write it, you know that just as I wish to look after myself, so too I wish to serve you, most magnificent and God-guarded ones, in all things. But your son, my brother, said that Josephios your farmer said certain things to his face which cannot be said before your slaves, and I was truly astonished. For you know, even if I do not write it, that it is necessary for the pagarchs to be honoured, especially in these parts. However, so as not to use many words, God willing, tomorrow I am coming to pay my respects to you with my aforementioned brother, and whatever was demanded of your farmers, whether sheep or goats (?) […], we are returning to you here. But you too, masters, ought to write to that same farmer of yours Josephios, so that in future he does not depart from your intention; for I am clearly convinced that you do not wish him to be so brainless. For if he persists in this way, he harms himself. Moreover, master, as I wrote before, even if everything is turned upside down, nothing that grieves you, God-guarded and most magnificent ones, will ever happen. But everything that was demanded of your farmers we are returning to you here, on the pledge of your ally (?), through the letter as […]. I greet your magnificent and God-guarded fatherly lordship. †
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 39590 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.lond;3;1075 tier-1
- HGV-Text 39590 tier-1
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