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p.mich.6.422 Febr. - Mai 197Karanis (Arsinoites)

Petition to the Prefect concerning Trespass via HGV-meta

Petition to the prefect about violent trespass on inherited land. Petition to the prefect of Egypt, Quintus Aemilius Saturninus, from Gemellus alias Horion, a landholder at Karanis, complaining that the brothers Julius and Sotas, sons of Eudas, violently trespassed on lands he had inherited from his father and uncle, after he had sown them. He asks the prefect to hear his case so he can keep his property. Written at Karanis in 197 AD. machine translation

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Transcription

Κυίντῳ Αἰμιλλίῳ Σατουρνείνῳ ἐπάρχῳ Αἰγύπτου παρὰ Γεμέλλου τοῦ καὶ Ὡρίωνος Γαίου Ἀπολιναρίου Ἀντινοέως καὶ ὡς χρηματίζει γεουχοῦντος ἐν Καρανίδι τοῦ Ἀρσινοείτου νομοῦ τῆς Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος. πρὸ πολλοῦ, κύριε, ὁ ἡμέτερος πατὴρ ἐτελεύτησεν ἐπʼ ἐμοὶ καὶ ἀδελφῇ μου κληρονόμοις καὶ ἀντειλήμμεθα τῶν ὑπαρχόντων μηδενὸς ἐπελθόντος. ὁμοίως δὲ συνέβη καὶ τὸν θεῖόν μου Γάιον Ἰούλιον Λογγεῖνον τελευτῆσαι πρὸ ὀκταετίας καὶ τούτου τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ἐπεκράτησα καὶ συνεκομισάμην τὴν πρόσοδον μηδενὸς κωλύσαντος. νυνὶ δὲ Ἰούλιος καὶ Σώτας ἀμφότεροι Εὐδᾶτος οὐ δεόντως βιαίως καὶ αὐθάδως ἐπεληλύθασι ἐδάφεσί μου μετὰ τὸ τὴν κατασπορὰν ποιήσασθαί με καὶ ἐκώλυσάν με ἐν τούτοις δυνάμει τῇ περὶ αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τῶν τόπων, καταφρονούντων τὴν περὶ τὴν ὄψιν μου ἀσθένειαν· ὅθεν ἐπὶ σὲ τὸν σωτῆρα κατέφυγον, ἀξιῶν ἐάν σου τῇ τύχῃ δόξῃ ἀκοῦσαί μου πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὅπως δυνηθῶ τῶν ἰδίων ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι καὶ ὦ ὑπὸ σοῦ τοῦ κυρίου εὐεργετημένος. διευτύχει.

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EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
To Quintus Aemilius Saturninus, prefect of Egypt, from Gemellus also called Horion, son of Gaius Apollinarius, of Antinoopolis, and however he is styled, landholder at Karanis in the Arsinoite nome, division of Herakleides. Long ago, my lord, our father died leaving me and my sister as heirs, and we took possession of the property with no one opposing. Likewise it happened that my uncle Gaius Julius Longinus died eight years ago, and I took control of his property and collected the revenue with no one hindering me. But now Julius and Sotas, both sons of Eudas, wrongfully, violently and arrogantly have entered upon my lands after I had done the sowing, and have hindered me in them by the power they have in the locality, despising the weakness of my eyesight. Therefore I have fled to you, the saviour, asking, if it please your Fortune, to hear me against them, so that I may be able to hold on to my own property and be benefited by you, my lord. Farewell. ⟦I, Gemellus also called Horion, have submitted this.⟧ ⟦I, Sabinus, wrote on his behalf …⟧

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