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p.lond.5.1787 VI

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Letter concerning public dues and instructions of the common master. Fragmentary Byzantine letter from the 6th century AD concerning public dues (taxes), instructions from a 'common master', the arrival of an illustrious official and a tax collector, and letters delivered to a curator. The writer reports news and a great disturbance, addressing his master Paulos with deference. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[… ? lines lost …] […]……τος…… καταπλεῦσαι αὐτὸ διὰ τάχους[…] μηνύσεως ὅτι ἰδοὺ ἐμηνύθη ἡμῖν ὅτι κατορθως[…] μέλλομεν ζητῆσαι τὰ δημόσια ὑμῶν μηδὲν […] […]η ὄνῳ πατήσαντες τὴν στερεὰν […] […]ω παρʼ αὐτοῦ τῶν δημοσίων ἀπʼ ἐμῆς ὑποστάσεως[…] …[…]θῆτε μήτε φοβηθῆτε ἐπὶ τῷ γεναμένῳ[…] πάντα πρᾶξαι εἰ παρίσταται· εἰς τόπον γὰρ κατορθώσεως[…] […]πης καὶ ὡς λέγεις λέγω· ἐπιφθάνουσιν […] ὁ γὰρ κοινὸς δεσπότης πολλὰ παρήγγειλεν […] […] Κυριλλ[…]η τὰ ἐναντία· λοιπὸν …[…] σὺν Θεῷ † ἐπιφθάνει δὲ καὶ ὁ ἰλλούστριος[…] καὶ Πλουτῖνος οὗ κατὰ τὸν μακάριον[…] μετὰ τοῦ πράκτορος, ταῦτα δὲ πάντα α[…] τῷ κυρίῳ Παύλῳ τῷ γνησίῳ μου δεσπότῃ λαλῆσαι ὑμῖν[…] τὰ δὲ γράμματα τῶν δεσποτῶν μου[…] παρὰ τοῦ κοινοῦ δεσπότου νομίσας απ…[…] ἐκεῖνος γὰρ ὡς οἶδεν ὁ Θεὸς παρήγγειλέν μοι[…] σοι δοῦναι καὶ καταφιλῆσαι τοὺς πόδας […] …τ…ς εἰπεῖν οὖν αὐτοῖς κελεύσατε καὶ περὶ τῶν[…] στιτ…ριος τὴν κέλευσιν αὐτῶν δέδωκα […] …… Ἰωάννου καὶ λύσας ἐπὶ ἐμοῦ ανεγνο[…] […]ησιν εἰπέν μοι ὅτι κέλευσον καὶ ὡς ευρ[…] τὰ γράμματα τῷ κουράτορι καὶ ἀνεχώρησα καὶ ἤγγειλα[…] […] ταῦτα γράφω προσκυνῶν καὶ ἀσπαζόμενος, ἐπειδὴ δὲ μεγάλη κίνησις ἐγένετο ἐν τ[…] […]……… ὅτι μηνύσεως γεναμένης […] [… ? lines lost …]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[...] [...] to sail it down quickly [...] [...] of the information, that behold, it was reported to us that successfully (?) [...] [...] we are about to demand your public dues, nothing [...] [...] with a donkey, having trodden the solid ground [...] [...] from him of the public dues from my property [...] [...] be [...] nor be afraid at what has happened [...] to do everything if it is possible; for into a place of success (?) [...] [...] and as you say, I say: they are arriving [...] For the common master gave many instructions [...] [...] Kyrillos [...] the opposite; for the rest [...] with God. † And the illustrious [...] is also arriving [...] and Plotinos, whose [...] according to the blessed [...] with the collector; and all these things [...] to my lord Paulos, my true master, to speak to you [...] and the letters of my masters [...] from the common master, thinking [...] for he, as God knows, instructed me [...] to give to you and to kiss the feet [...] [...] so order (someone) to tell them, and about the [...] [...] I have given their order [...] [...] of Ioannes, and having opened (it) in my presence, read (?) [...] [...] he said to me: 'Give the order,' and as [...] the letters to the curator, and I withdrew and reported [...] [...] I write these things, making obeisance and greeting (you), and since a great disturbance occurred in [...] [...] that, information having been given [...] [...]

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