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p.nag.hamm.144 1. Hälfte IV

Imperial Ordinances (?) via HGV-meta

Fragments of an imperial ordinance on courts and abuses by officials. Fragments of what appears to be an imperial or high official ordinance from the first half of the 4th century AD, found among the papyri from Nag Hammadi. It speaks of judgments, courts, thefts, the welfare of country people and provincials, and abuses by tax officials such as exactors and praepositi. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[FrA] […]…ν λίθοις κεκελευ[…] […]…εθέντος τ…[…] […]φου μένειν ἐχο[…] […]……[…]μεν ἡμετέρᾳ κρίσει κα[…] […]τος εστ…[…]δημοσίῳ …ραφ…ς τὴν τε[…] […]…ατοσ…[…]θαι δύνοιτο καὶ ειπε[…] […]… ἀγροίκων ὀφέλειαν επις ὁπλίζοιντο […] […] μηδὲν ἀργὸν μηδεονενα[…] […] κοινῆς κρίσεως φανείη πε…[…] […]…νοτέραν λο…τεροις…[…] […]…λομένων πάντων, ὁ δὲ πέραν […] […]… ἃμʼ ἀκέραστοι καὶ ἐνεργεῖς τὰ παγ[…] […]……λεις αὐτῶν ἔτι καὶ ἀποβαλεῖν […] […]τος……[…]… ἐγνωκ…[…] […]…νομένων δικαστηρίων ἀλλʼ ἐν μ[…] […]ρας ἀπονοίας κλοπαῖς ἐσχόλαζεν νυ…[…] […]…ειν πρέπον κατεφαίνετο συνορᾶν η α[…] […]…ιν ὅταν μάλιστα ὁ τῆς ἀδικίας α[…] […]μόνα ὅσαπερ ἐν ταῖς δημοσίαις κομιζ[…] […]αι γένους καὶ ἀποσχήσεσθε τῶν δικαστηρίων[…] […] γὰρ ὅτι τοῦ λοιποῦ αἱ μὲν συνήθεις ὑμων[…] […]ς ἤρτηται […]οι νῦν σφόδρα δίκαιον κατ[…] […]οι δόσεσιν τῇ λίαν ἐν τῷ παρελθόντι χρόνῳ […] […]… ἡμῖν ἐπαρχιώτας ἀποτετολμημένοις ἀνθρωπ[…] […]ασις οὐ φανερὸν ῥύβδην ἀεὶ μεριζομένους […] […]κοι……[…] [… ? lines lost …] [FrB] κτ[…] η η[…] [FrC] […]…[…] […]τειν[…] […]τελε[…] [FrD] […]…τα…[…] [FrE] […]…οιπα[…] [FrF] [… ? lines lost …] […]…[…]α […]ην προαν[…]ων ἐμπρο[…]ιδόντες […]νδεθέντων […]τωνετος… […]ων ἐπιστρεφ[…] […]ἄλλῳ τρόπῳ […]αις συλων […]βολὴν αρα[…] [… ? lines lost …] [FrG] [… ? lines lost …] […]ο ὀφθαλμ[…] […]ρου χρησίμου […]…εντα ἐπενο[…]ἐπειδὴ ἡ ἀπο [… ? lines lost …] [FrH] [… ? lines lost …] […]…ρ[…] […]ν ταῖς τε κεφαλαι[…] […]κον οὐκ ἂν οὔθʼ ὑ…[…] […] καὶ συμφέροντος […] […]μεν ἰάματα προς[…] […]ατων τε ἐξακτόρων[…] […] ἀξίαν ἐστιν εναγης[…] […]ησελειν ὑπέχεσθαι[…] […]ων ἀνομοτάτων τ[…] […]…[…] ὑμᾶς οὐ παυον[…] […]ατήσαντες βου[…] […]ας τούτων κατατ[…] […]σιων τυγχάνους[…] […]ν νόμων καὶ τη[…] […]ν ἀτοποτάτων […] […]ἐξάκτωρ ἢ πραιπόσιτος […] […] ἡμετέρᾳ διορίσει ει[…] […]θεν πλημμέλημα […] […]αι τοῖς παρὰ τοῖς ἡγεμο[…]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[Fragment A] […] with stones (?) […] ordered […] […] having been […] […] […] to remain having […] […] by our judgment and […] […] is […] public […] the […] […] might be able to […] and said […] […] the benefit of the country people, should arm themselves […] […] nothing idle, nothing […] […] of the common judgment should appear […] […] more […] […] […] all being […], but he beyond […] […] at the same time unmixed and active the […] […] of them still and to cast off […] […] having recognized (?) […] […] courts being […], but in […] […] of madness devoted himself to thefts […] […] it appeared fitting to perceive […] […] whenever especially the […] of injustice […] […] as many things as in the public […] carried […] […] of the family, and you will keep away from the courts […] […] for that henceforth your customary […] […] depends […] now very just […] […] by payments (?) the excessive […] in the past time […] […] to us the provincials, by men who have dared […] […] not openly, always being divided in a rush […] […] […] [Fragment B] […] […] [Fragment C] […] […] […] [Fragment D] […] [Fragment E] […] [Fragment F] […] […] […] before […] having seen […] of those bound […] […] turning […] […] in another way […] plundering (?) […] […] […] [Fragment G] […] […] eye […] […] useful […] since the […] […] [Fragment H] […] […] […] in the chief […] […] would not, neither […] […] and advantageous […] […] remedies for […] […] and of exactors […] […] worth is accursed (?) […] […] to undergo […] […] of the most lawless […] […] you, not ceasing […] […] having […] […] of these […] […] happening to obtain […] […] of the laws and […] […] of the most outrageous […] […] exactor or praepositus […] […] by our decision […] […] offence […] […] to those with the governors […]

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