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p.muench.3.1.131 VII (?)
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Letter to a master protesting a patrician's removal of Pousis. A private letter, probably of the 7th century AD, from a group of people to their master protesting that a patrician has taken away Pousis the son, and insisting that only their master's authority may give them orders. They ask for a written reply and also raise a matter concerning water. machine translation
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Transcription
[r]
☧ ἀπεστείλαμεν τῷ ἡμῶν δεσπότῃ λόγον ἕνα ἐπειδὴ ἠκούσαμεν ὅτι
ἔπεμψεν ὁ πατρίκιος καὶ ἔφερεν Ποῦσιν τὸν υἱὸν παρὰ απ…[…]ενηρου ἔθος ἔχων
λαβεῖν τὸν μισθὸν αὐτοῦ ἐκεῖ· καὶ ἀκούσαντες τὸν λόγον οὐκ ἀνεχόμεθα,
οὕτως τὰ σώματα ἡμῶν βάλλοντες εἰς θάνατον, θέλοντες ἵνα προσίωσιν
αἱ ἀποκρίσεις τῆς σῆς ἐξουσίας. καὶ οἶδεν ὡ ἡμῶν δεσπότης ὅτι μικρὸν ἐὰν ποιῇ ἓν
καὶ εἰς ἄλλο χειροῖ Ποῦσιν. καὶ ἐὰν ἄλλος τίς ποτε κελεύῃ πρᾶγμα εἰ μὴ ἡ ἐξουσία
ὑμῶν οὐ δυνάμεθα ἀνασχέσθαι ἵνα ποτʼ ἄλλος κελεύῃ πρᾶγμα ἡμῶν· καὶ ποίησον
γράψαι ἡμῖν τὴν ἀπόκρισιν. ἤθελεν γὰρ Κυριακὸς ἐλθεῖν καὶ οὐκ ἔλαβε αὐτὸν·
[v]
☧ καὶ ἐὰν ἔλθῃ, καὶ ἐγὼ ἔρχομαι·
εἰ μὴ γὰρ ἀφορμὰς ἤθελεν ὁ πατρίκιος,
ποία ἐστιν ἡ δύναμις …ς.
ἕνεκεν τοῦ νηροῦ, ὅπου θέλει δοθῆναι
τὸν νηρὸν αλλ[…]ντος, τὰ γράμματα
καταλάβωσιν ἡμᾶς ἐπειδὴ πάνυ
ὀλιγωροῦμεν εἰς τοῦτο, δέσποτα. ☧
† δεσπότῃ ἡμῶν […]……Translations (1)
[recto]
☧ We have sent our master a word, since we heard that the patrician sent and carried off Pousis the son to […]eneros (?), being accustomed to take his wages there. And having heard the report we cannot bear it, thus casting our bodies to death, wishing that the replies of your authority may come. And our master knows that if he does one small thing, Pousis will also proceed (?) to another. And if anyone else ever orders a matter except your authority, we cannot bear that someone else should ever order our affairs. So have the reply written to us. For Kyriakos wanted to come, and he did not take him.
[verso]
☧ And if he comes, I too am coming. For unless the patrician wanted pretexts, what is the power […]? Concerning the water (?), where he wants the water to be given […], let the letters reach us, since we are very neglectful in this matter, master. ☧
† To our master […]
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 39291 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.muench;3.1;131 tier-1
- HGV-Text 39291 tier-1
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