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p.oxy.1.130 548 - 549 (?)Phakra (Oxyrhynchites)
Petition for Relief via HGV-meta
Petition of Anoup to Apion for relief from debt after loss of his animals. A petition from Anoup, a tenant on the estate of Phakra, to his landlord Apion, patrician and dux of the Thebaid. Having lost his animals over two years and borrowed 15 solidi to replace them, he complains that Apion's agents ignored an order to help him and begs for relief so he can stay on his holding. It dates to about AD 548-549 in the Oxyrhynchite nome. machine translation
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TM 20771.
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- Petition for Relief HGV-meta Phakra (Oxyrhynchites)548 - 549 (?)
- Petition for Relief APIS-papyrus Oxyrhynchus6th century
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Transcription
† τῷ ἐμῷ ἀγαθῷ δεσπότῃ φιλοχρίστῳ φιλοπτώχῳ πανευφήμῳ ὑπερφυεστάτῳ πατρικίῳ καὶ δουκὶ τῆς Θηβαίων
χώρας Ἀπίωνι παρὰ Ἀνοὺπ ἐλεεινοῦ ὑμετέρου δούλου ἀπὸ τοῦ διαφέροντος
αὐτῇ κτήματος καλουμένου Φάκρα.
οὐδὲν ἄδικον ἢ ἀσεβὲς κέκτηται ὁ ἔνδοξος οἶκος τοῦ ἐμοῦ ἀγαθοῦ
δεσπότου, ἀλλʼ ἀεὶ μεστός ἐστι ἐλεημοσύνης ἐπιρρέων τοῖς ἐνδεέσιν
τὰ χρειώδη. ὅθεν καὶ ἐγὼ ὁ ἐλεεινὸς δοῦλος τοῦ ἐμοῦ ἀγαθοῦ δεσπότου
διὰ ταύτης μοῦ τῆς παρούσης δεήσεως ἐλεηθῆναί μοι βούλομαι
γνῶναι τὴν ὑμετέραν δεσποτείαν ὡς ἐκ πατέρων καὶ ἐκ προγόνων δουλεύειν
τῷ ἐμῷ ἀγαθῷ δεσπότῃ πληρῶσαι ἐτησίως τὰ δημόσια· καὶ θεοῦ
βουλήσει ἐπὶ τῆς παρελθούσης ἑνδεκάτης ἰνδικτίονος καὶ τῆς παρελθούσης
δεκάτης τεθνάναι τὰ ἐμὰ κτήνη, καὶ χρυσίον οὐκ ὀλίγον ἐδανεισάμην
νομίσματα ιε ἕως ὅτε δυνηθῶ ἀγοράσαι τὰ αὐτὰ κτήνη. ἀλλʼ ὅτε προσῆλθον
τῷ ἐμῷ ἀγαθῷ δεσπότῃ καὶ ἐλεῆσαί με ἐλθόντα ἐνταῦθα, οἱ διαφέροντες
τοῦ ἐμοῦ δεσπότου οὐκ ἠνέσχοντο ποιῆσαι κατὰ τὴν κέλευσιν τοῦ ἐμοῦ ἀγαθοῦ
δεσπότου. ἐὰν γάρ, δέσποτα, μὴ καταλάβῃ με ὁ ἔλεός σου, οὐ δύνομαι σταθῆναι
ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ κτήματι καὶ χρησιμεῦσαι τοῖς γεουχικοῖς πράγμασιν. καὶ
παρακαλῶ καὶ κατακελεύω τὴν ὑμετέραν δεσποτείαν προστάξαι ἐλεηθῆναί
με, ἐπειδὴ εἰς μεγάλην ἀνατροπὴν ἦλθον. οὐκ ἔχω γὰρ ἄλλην καταφυγὴν εἰ μὴ τὴν τοῦ δεσπότου Χριστοῦ καὶ τῆς ὑμετέρας ὑπεροχῆς.
καὶ ὕμνους ἀθανάτους ἀναπέμψω τῷ δεσπότῃ Χριστῷ ὑπὲρ τῆς
ζωῆς τῆς ὑμετέρας δεσποτείας καὶ τοῦ ὑπερφυεστάτου αὐτῆς υἱοῦ
Στρατηγίου δεσπότου. †Translations (1)
† To my good master, Christ-loving, lover of the poor, all-praiseworthy, most magnificent patrician and dux of the Thebaid, Apion, from Anoup, your wretched servant, from the estate belonging to it (your house) called Phakra.
The glorious house of my good master has acquired nothing unjust or impious, but is always full of mercy, pouring forth necessities to those in need. Therefore I too, the wretched servant of my good master, wish through this present petition of mine to obtain mercy, and to make known to your mastership that from my fathers and forefathers I have served my good master, paying the public taxes yearly. And by the will of God in the past eleventh indiction and the past tenth my animals died, and I borrowed no small amount of gold, 15 solidi, until I could buy the same animals. But when I approached my good master, (asking) that he have mercy on me when I came here, the agents of my master would not consent to act according to the order of my good master. For if, master, your mercy does not reach me, I cannot remain on my holding and be of service to the landowner's affairs. And I beseech and implore your mastership to order that I be shown mercy, since I have come into great ruin. For I have no other refuge except that of the Lord Christ and of your eminence. And I will send up undying hymns to the Lord Christ for the life of your mastership and of its most magnificent son, the lord Strategios. †
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 20771 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;1;130 tier-1
- HGV-Text 20771 tier-1
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