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p.mich.6.426 199 - 200 (?)Karanis (Arsinoites)

Petition to the Epistrategus concerning a Liturgy via HGV-meta

Petition of Gemellus alias Horion against nomination to a liturgy by the elders of Karanis. Petition from Gemellus alias Horion, a half-blind landowner at Karanis and citizen of Antinoopolis, to the epistrategos Arrius Victor. He complains that the village elders of Karanis nominated him for liturgical service under a false name, although as an Antinoite he may only serve in Antinoopolis, and he cites a letter he obtained from the prefect Alfenus Apolinarius. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

Ἀρρίῳ Οὐίκτορι τῷ κρατίστῳ ἐπιστρατήγωι παρὰ Γεμέλλου τοῦ καὶ Ὡρίωνος Γαίου Ἀπολιναρίου Νίγερος ἀσθενοῦς τὴν ὄψιν γεουχοῦντος ἐν κώμῃ Καρανίδι τῆς Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος. τῆς εἰς πάντας ἀνθρώπους φθανούσης δικαιοκρισίας, ἐπιτρόπων μέγιστε, καὶ αὐτὸς βίαν πάσχων δέομαι τῶν ἀπὸ σοῦ δικαίων τυχεῖν. ἔχει δὲ οὕτως· οἱ κώμης Καρανίδος τῆς αὐτῆς Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος πρεσβύτεροι ἀδεέστατοι τυγχάνοντες, τῇ ἑαυτῶν βίᾳ καὶ αὐθαδείᾳ χρησάμενοι, ὡς κοινωνὸν αὐτῶν ἀναδοθέντα ὡς Ὧρον Ἀπολιναρίου ἀνύπαρκτον ὄνομα ὃ καὶ ἀγνοῶ οὕτως ἀγνοῶ, οὔτε γὰρ ἐδήλωσεν ὅτι πηρὸς ἢ ἐπισινὴς ἢ ἄλλο τι τῶν ἐμῶν σημείων, οὐδὲ μὴν ἐξόν μοι ἄλλως χρηματίζειν μοι Ἀντινοεῖ ὄντι, οὐδὲ μὴν πάλιν λειτουργεῖν εἰ μὴ ἐν μόνῃ τῇ Ἀντινόου πόλει. ἔτι δὲ καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν τῆς πόλεως βουλῆς γενομένης συνεχωρήθην χλαμυδοφορεῖν. διὰ τὸ ὡς οὐ μόνον μονόφθαλμόν με εἶναι ἀλλὰ καὶ τῷ νομιζομένῳ ὑπάρχειν ἑτέρῳ ὀφθαλμῷ οὐ βλέπω, λευκώματος ἐκ τῆς κόρης αὐτοῦ διαφανέντος καὶ τῷ βλέπειν ἐπισινοῦς μου ὄντος, διὰ τοῦτο ἐνέτυχον καὶ τῷ κρατίστῳ ἡγεμόνι ἡμῶν καὶ ἔσχον αὐτοῦ ἱερὰν ἐπιστολήν, ἧς ἀντίγραφον· Ἀλφῆνος Ἀπολινάριος στρατηγῷ τῆς Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος χαίρειν[…][…][…]… βιβλειδι[…] Ὡρίων[…] συφ[…] δηλ[…] …[…] λομεν[…] ναιπ[…] ἐπεὶ …[…] μέχρι νῦν ου…[…] καὶ παρα…[…] δοξη[…] …ν…[…] υβρ[…] μενω[…] εντη[…] ριστερ[…] [… ? lines lost …]

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EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
To Arrius Victor, the most excellent epistrategos, from Gemellus also called Horion, son of Gaius Apolinarius Niger, weak of sight, landowner in the village of Karanis of the division of Herakleides. Of your justice that reaches all men, greatest of procurators, I too, suffering violence, ask to obtain justice from you. The matter is as follows: The elders of the village of Karanis of the same division of Herakleides, being utterly unscrupulous, using their own violence and arrogance, nominated me as their colleague under the name Horos son of Apolinarius, a non-existent name which I do not recognize; for he (the nominator) did not declare that he was maimed or disabled or any other of my distinguishing marks, nor indeed is it permitted for me to be styled otherwise, since I am an Antinoite, nor again to perform liturgies except in the city of Antinoopolis alone. Furthermore, by the members of the city's council, when it met, I was permitted to wear the chlamys. Because not only am I one-eyed, but with the other eye that I am thought to have I do not see, a white film having appeared over its pupil and my sight being impaired, for this reason I petitioned also our most excellent prefect and obtained from him a sacred letter, of which this is a copy: Alfenus Apolinarius to the strategos of the division of Herakleides, greetings. […] petition […] Horion […] […] […] […] […] […] since […] until now […] and […] […] […] outrage (?) […] […] […] […] […]

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