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p.mich.9.530 Karanis (Arsinoites, Ägypten)
Petition via HGV-meta
Petition of Aurelius Heron against renomination as boundary-surveyor. Fragmentary petition from Aurelius Heron of Karanis to a high official, complaining that after the death of the man who had succeeded him, the village heads were forcing him again to serve as boundary-surveyor, a post he had already filled at his own expense about two years earlier. He asks that the strategos be instructed to stop this abuse; the official's reply refers him to the strategos. machine translation
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Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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[… ? lines lost …]
[…]…και τί ἐστιν …[…]
…[…]τῶν πραγμάτων […]
ξεως τῶν καθʼ ἑαυτοὺς πειρωμένων […]
εἶναι καὶ ἐτύγχανον καί εἰμι ἀναγκασθείς
ποτε σχεδὸν εἰπεῖν πρὸ ἐτῶν δύο τὰ
πρὸς διοίκησιν ποιήσασθαι τῶν διαφερόντων τῇ ἐμῇ κώμῃ ἐξ ἰδίων πρὸς βραχύν
τινα χρόνον ἀποπληρῶν ὡς προεῖπον.
ἔπειτα ἀναφανέντος ἐνπειροτάτου ἀνδρός,
λέγω δὴ Ἥρωνος Κοπρῆ, τὴν χώραν τῆς
ὁριοδεικτίας ἀπεπλήρωσεν καὶ ἐδιοίκησεν
[…]κλιων τοῦ εἰσπράκτου
[…]ρεν συνεδιοίκησεν
[…]μεταλλάξαντος τὸν βίον
[…]υσι οἱ κώμαρχαι τῆς κώμης[…]. προσάγουσιν ἀναγκα[…] ταύτην ἀποπληρῶσαι
[…]πεπραγμένα τὸν ……
[…] τὴν θέσιν. οθ…[…]
…[…]…ι διὰ προσαγγέλματος ἀναδοθέντος
μου ἀλλὰ διὰ πρ…[…]ου γραφῆς τῆς ὀνομασίας
γεγενημένης οο…τιον δέομαί σου τῆς ἀνδρίας κελεῦσαί σε διὰ σῆς προστάξεως τῷ στρατηγῷ
ἀνδρὶ ἐπιεικεστάτῳ ἁρμοζομένῳ τῇ σῇ δικαιοκρισίᾳ μηδεμίαν μωρίαν γείνεσθαι προφάσει τῆς
ὁριοδεικτίας καὶ ὦ ὑπὸ σοῦ βεβοηθημένος. † διευτύχει.
Αὐρήλιος Ἥρων ἐπιδέδωκα.
ἔτους γ Παχὼν α. πρόσιθι τῷ στρατηγῷ
τοῦ δικαίου φροντιοῦντι. κόλλημα ν τόμος γ.
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βιβλίδιονκαὶ δίκη τοῦ […]Translations (1)
[recto]
[... lines lost ...]
[...] ... and what is ... [...]
... [...] of the affairs [...]
... of those attempting on their own account [...]
to be, and I happened to be and am, having once been compelled,
almost two years ago, so to speak,
to undertake for administration the matters concerning my village, out of my own resources, for a short
time, fulfilling (the duty) as I said before.
Then, when a most experienced man appeared,
I mean Heron son of Kopres, he filled the post of
boundary-surveyor (horiodeiktes) and administered (it)
[...] of the collector
[...] administered jointly
[...] having departed this life
[...] the village heads of the village [...] put forward (me), compelling (?) [...] to fill this (post)
[...] the things done [...]
[...] the position ... [...]
... [...] through a report submitted
by me but through ... [...] a written list of the nomination
having been made ... I beg your Courage to order, through your command, the strategos,
a most reasonable man in accord with your just judgement, that no folly (?) be done on the pretext of the
boundary-surveyorship, and that I may be helped by you. Farewell.
I, Aurelius Heron, have submitted (this).
Year 3, Pachon 1. Apply to the strategos,
who will see to what is just. Sheet 50, roll 3.
[verso]
Petition [and] case of [...]
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 12026 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mich;9;530 tier-1
- HGV-Text 12026 tier-1
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