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p.lond.4.1359 18. Juni 710Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)

Letter of Qurra ibn Sharik to Basileios demanding payment of a fine. Letter of the Arab governor of Egypt, Qurra ibn Sharik, to Basileios, the administrator of Aphrodito, ordering him to pay at once into the treasury the gold fine imposed on him and his subordinates, which he had failed to pay. It threatens harsh consequences and notes that the harvest is in and the deadline has passed; it was written on 18 June 710 and received on 1 July. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] περὶ ζημίας παγάρχου καὶ ὑπουργῶν إلى صحب إشقوه في غرامة العمّال ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ Θεοῦ Κορρα υἱὸς Σζεριχ σύμβουλος Βασιλείῳ διοικητῇ κώμης Ἀφροδιτώ. εὐχαριστοῦμεν τῷ Θεῷ καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα. ἡμῶν ἐγκυψάντων εἰς τὸ κατάγραφον τοῦ καταβληθέντος χρυσίου ἐν τῇ σακέλλῃ ὑπὲρ ζημίας ὑπουργῶν οὐχ εὕραμέν σε καταβαλάμενον ὑπὲρ τῆς ταγείσης διὰ σοῦ ζημίας καὶ τῶν ὑπουργῶν τῆς διοικήσεώς σου τί ποτε ἄξιον λόγου καὶ ἐπίσταται ὁ Θεός· ἐβουλήθημεν ἀποδοῦναί σοι ὑπὲρ τῆς τοιαύτης καταφρονήσεως ὑπὲρ ὃ νομίζεις. δεχόμενος οὖν τὰ παρόντα γράμματα ἀπόστειλον διὰ πάσης συντομίας ἐν τῇ σακέλλῃ τὸ ταγὲν χρυσίον διὰ σοῦ τε καὶ τῶν ὑπουργῶν τῆς διοικήσεώς σου ὑπὲρ ζημίας ὡς λέλεκται εἰ μέντοι ἔχεις ἀγαθὸν καὶ συνιεῖς τοῖς γραφομένοις πρὸς σέ. ἐὰν γάρ ὑστερήσῃς καὶ ἀναγκασθῶμεν ἑτέροις γράμμασι χρήσασθαι μέλλει φθάσαι σε σὺν τοῖς αὐτοῖς γράμμασι τὰ θλίβοντά σε. οὔτε γὰρ ἐπίσταται ὑμῖν ἀφορμὴ ἐν τούτῳ καθότι ἤδη ἐθερίσατε τὰ γενήματα, παρῆλθεν δὲ καὶ ἡ προθεσμία καὶ οὐκ ἔχετε ἔν τινι πρόφασιν. λοιπὸν ἐὰν ἀγαπᾷς τὴν ψυχήν σου μὴ καταφρονήσῃς ἐν τούτῳ. ἐγράφη μηνὸς Παῦνι κδ ἰνδικτίονος θ [v] Κορρα υἱὸς Σζεριχ σύμβουλος Βασιλείῳ διοικητῇ κώμης Ἀφροδιτώ. † Ἐπεὶφ ζ ἰνδικτίονος θ ἠνέχθη περὶ ἐκπέμψαι ζημίαν παγάρχου καὶὑπουργῶν

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[recto] Concerning the fine of the pagarch and the subordinates. (Arabic:) To the people of Ishqawh, concerning the fine of the officials. In the name of God. Qurra son of Sharik, governor, to Basileios, administrator of the village of Aphrodito. We give thanks to God, and after this: having looked into the register of the gold paid into the treasury for the fine of the subordinates, we did not find that you had paid anything worth mentioning for the fine assessed on you and on the subordinates of your administration, and God knows it. We wished to repay you for such contempt beyond what you imagine. So on receiving the present letter, send with all speed to the treasury the gold assessed on you and on the subordinates of your administration for the fine, as has been said, if indeed you have any sense and understand what is written to you. For if you delay and we are compelled to make use of another letter, what will afflict you is going to reach you together with that same letter. For you have no excuse in this matter, since you have already harvested the crops, and the deadline has passed, and you have no pretext in anything. So then, if you love your life, do not be negligent in this. Written in the month Pauni, 24th, of the 9th indiction. [verso] Qurra son of Sharik, governor, to Basileios, administrator of the village of Aphrodito. † Epeiph 7, 9th indiction. Brought, concerning sending the fine of the pagarch and the subordinates.

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Found at Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)

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