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p.mert.1.43v VOxyrhynchos (?)
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Petition to the governor of Arcadia about annona supplies for the Thebaid. Fragmentary petition or official report addressed to Flavius Aelius Eusebius, governor of the province of Arcadia, concerning orders from the military commander of the Egyptian frontier about annona provisions for troops in the Thebaid. It mentions a six-month reckoning, grain transport, and a decision of the Augustal prefect that the burden should not fall entirely on one party. Fifth century AD, probably from Oxyrhynchus. machine translation
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- Petitions to a Praeses HGV-meta Oxyrhynchos (?)V
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Transcription
Φλαουίῳ Αἰλίῳ Εὐσεβίῳ τῷ λαμπροτάτῳ ἡγεμόνι ἐπαρχίαςἈρκαδίας
γράμματα δεξάμενος τοῦ κυρίου μου τοῦ μεγαλοπρεπεστάτου τῶν
στρατοπέδων τοῦ Αἰγυπτιακοῦ λιμίτου τὰ κελεύοντα […]κυτανοῖς ἀννων[…]τὸ Θηβαίων ἔθνος ἕνεκα τῆς[…]
ἐπειγόμενοι […]…σαι κατὰ τὸν λόγον τοῦ […]
ἀναλώματος ε[…]αν τοῦ γιγνομένου κατα[…]…[…]
πολιτῶν […]π…[…] πόλιν οὕτως ἐποιησάμην τ[…]
ἑξαμηνιαίου χρόνου διαλογισθέντος ὥστε τὴν σιτοπομπίαν […]
τῆς ποσότητος τῶν ἀννωνικῶν τροφῶν εὐτρεπισ…[…]
ἐπειδὴ προ[…]…[…]ρι[…]τατα καὶ πάνυ θαυμασίων ποι[…]
ὁ κύριός μου καὶ μεγαλοπρεπέστατος ἔπαρχος […]Αὐγουστάλιος ἔγνω μὴ προσήκειν … ἀντίρρησιν τῆς […]χίαν ταύτην ἐξ ὁλοκλήρου τὸ βάρος ὑποστῆναι δ[…]
τοῦτο τὸ μ[…]…ασεια[…]ωσι επαρ…σεπα[…]…[…]λ[…]δι…[…]
θαι διδασκαλίας κατα…η[…]…ας
τῷ δεσπότῃ μου τῆς ψυχῆς […]Translations (1)
To Flavius Aelius Eusebius, the most illustrious governor of the province of Arcadia,
Having received a letter from my lord the most magnificent [...] of the camps of the Egyptian frontier, ordering [...] to the [...]tanoi (?) annona [...] the Theban province for the sake of the [...]
hastening [...] according to the account of the [...]
expense [...] of the [...] occurring [...]
citizens [...] city, thus I made [...]
the six-month period having been reckoned, so that the grain transport [...]
of the quantity of the annona provisions being prepared (?) [...]
since [...] and very wonderful [...]
my lord the most magnificent Augustal prefect [...] decided that it was not fitting [...] objection of the [...] this [...] to bear the burden in full [...]
this [...]
[...] of instruction [...]
to the master of my soul [...]
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- TM-Text 35451 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mert;1;43v tier-1
- HGV-Text 35451 tier-1
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