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Petition of Aurelius Sarapion about insults by a silversmith's slave. Petition by Aurelius Sarapion son of Silvanus complaining that a female slave of Melas the silversmith came to his house and verbally abused his wife and unmarried daughter with shameful words. He asks the official to summon her for correction and punishment. It dates to the 4th century AD. machine translation
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Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
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Transcription
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να οἰκέτην Μέλανος ἀργυροκόπου ἐπῆλθεν τῇ οἰκητικῇ μου οἰκίᾳ ἐν τῇ χθὲς
ἡμέρᾳ καὶ ὕβρεις οὐ τὰς τυχούσας τῇ
ἡμετέρᾳ συμβίῳ καὶ τῇ παρθένῳ μου
θυγατρὶ ἀνοικείοις καὶ αἰσχροῖς ῥήμασι
συνῆψεν καὶ ἐπεὶ οὐ χρὴ σιωπῇ
παραδίδοσθαι τὰ ὑπʼ αὐτῆς εἰρημένα παρὰ τοὺς νόμους καὶ παρὰ τὴν
ἡμετέραν τοῦ βίου κατάστασιν ἐπιδίδωμι τῇ ἐπιεικείᾳ σου τάδε τὰ βιβλία
ἀξιῶν μετακληθῆναι αὐτὴν
πρὸς εὔθυναν καὶ ἐκδικίαν ὧν καθʼ ἡμῶν ἐφθέγξατο. διευτύχει.
ὑπατείας τῆς προκειμένης Φαῶφι ια
Αὐρήλιος Σαραπίων Σιλβανοῦ
ἐπιδέδωκαTranslations (1)
[…] [… a female] slave of Melas the silversmith came upon my dwelling house yesterday and heaped no ordinary insults on our wife and on my maiden daughter with improper and shameful words. And since what was said by her contrary to the laws and contrary to our station in life ought not to be passed over in silence, I submit this petition to your clemency, asking that she be summoned for correction and punishment for what she uttered against us. Farewell.
In the aforementioned consulship, Phaophi 11.
I, Aurelius Sarapion son of Silvanus, have submitted it.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 33779 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.lond;3;983 tier-1
- HGV-Text 33779 tier-1
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