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p.oxy.1.137 11. Jan. 584Oxyrhynchos

Repair of a Waterwheel via HGV-meta

Acknowledgement of receipt of a waterwheel axle from the Apion estate. Aurelius Ptollion, a registered farmer of the hamlet of Ambious, acknowledges to the heirs of the patrician Apion that he received a new axle for the estate waterwheel he operates, expected to serve seven years. The document was drawn up at Oxyrhynchus on 11 January 584. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] † βασιλείας τοῦ θειοτάτου καὶ εὐσεβεστάτου ἡμῶν δεσπότου Φλαουίου Τιβερίου Μαυρικίου τοῦ αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου καὶ Αὐτοκράτορος ἔτους γ, μετὰ τὴν ὑπατείαν τοῦ τῆς θείου λήξεως γενομένου ἡμῶν δεσπότου Τιβερίου Κωνσταντίνου ἔτους ϛ, Τῦβι ιε, ἰνδικτίονος β. τοῖς ὑπερφυεστάτοις διαδόχοις τοῦ τῆς εὐκλεοῦς μνήμης Ἀπίωνος γενομένου πρωτοπατρικίου, γεουχοῦσιν καὶ ἐνταῦθα τῇ λαμπρᾷ Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν πόλει, διὰ Μηνᾶ οἰκέτου τοῦ ἐπερωτῶντος καὶ προσπορίζοντος τοῖς ἰδίοις δεσπόταις τοῖς αὐτοῖς πανευφήμοις ἀνδράσιν τὴν ἀγωγὴν καὶ ἐνοχήν, Αὐρήλιος Πτολλίων υἱὸς Ἀνουθίου μητρὸς Νόννης, ὁρμώμενος ἀπὸ ἐποικίου Ἀμβιοῦτος τοῦ Ὀξυρυγχίτου νομοῦ διαφέροντος τῇ ὑμῶν ὑπερφυείᾳ, ἐναπόγραφος αὐτῆς γεωργός, χαίρειν. χρείας καὶ νῦν γεναμένης εἰς τὴν ὑπʼ ἐμὲ γεουχικὴν μηχανὴν καλουμένην γῃδίου Ἀνιανοῦ ἀντλοῦσαν εἰς ἀρόσιμον γῆν ἄξονος ἑνός , ἀνελθὼν ἐπὶ τῆς πόλεως ἠξίωσα τὴν ὑμῶν ὑπερφύειαν ὥστε κελεῦσαί μοι τὸν αὐτὸν ἄξονα παρασχεθῆναι, καὶ εὐθέως ἡ ὑμῶν ὑπερφύεια, πρόνοιαν ποιουμένη τῆς συστάσεως τῶν ἑαυτῆς πραγμάτων, τούτου τὴν τιμὴν κατελογίσατό μοι ἐν τοῖς πιττακίοις μου καινοῦ ἐπιτηδείου ἀντλητικοῦ εὐαρέστου. ἐδεξάμην εἰς ἀναπλήρωσιν πάντων τῶν μηχανικῶν ὀργάνων ἐν τῇ σήμερον ἡμέρᾳ ἥτις ἐστιν Τῦβι πεντεκαιδεκάτη τῆς παρούσης δευτέρας ἰνδικτίονος, ὑδροπαροχίας καρπῶν τῆς σὺν θεῷ τρίτης ἐπινεμήσεως, τὸν δὲ αὐτὸν ἄξονα ἐξυπηρετούμενον τοῖς ποτισμοῖς ἐπὶ ἑπταέτη χρόνον, τὸν δὲ παλαιὸν δοθέντα τῷ θυρουρῷ. κυρία ἡ χειρογραφία ἁπλῆ γραφεῖσα, καὶ ἐπερωτηθεὶς ὡμολόγησα. Πτολλίων υἱὸς Ἀνουθίου, στοιχεῖ μοι αὕτη ἡ χειρογραφία ὡς πρόκειται. Παπνούθιος ἔγραψα ὑπὲρ ἀγραμμάτου ὄντος. † γίνεται ἄξων εἷς μόνος. † † † † di emu Papnutiu sunbolaeographu. [v] † χειρογραφία Πτολλίωνος υἱοῦ Ἀνουθίου ἀπὸ ἐποικίου Ἀμβιοῦτος, ὑποδοχῆς ἄξονος ἑνός. †

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] † In the reign of our most divine and most pious master Flavius Tiberius Mauricius, eternal Augustus and Imperator, year 3, after the consulship of our master of divine memory Tiberius Constantinus, year 6, Tybi 15, indiction 2. To the most magnificent heirs of Apion of glorious memory, former protopatrician, landowners also here in the splendid city of the Oxyrhynchites, through Menas the servant, who makes the stipulation and acquires for his own masters, the same most renowned men, the right of action and liability, Aurelius Ptollion son of Anouthios, mother Nonne, originating from the hamlet of Ambious of the Oxyrhynchite nome belonging to your magnificence, its registered farmer, greetings. Since need has again arisen for one axle for the estate waterwheel in my charge, called 'of the plot of Anianos', which irrigates arable land, I came up to the city and asked your magnificence to order that the said axle be supplied to me; and at once your magnificence, taking care for the maintenance of its own affairs, charged its price to me in my accounts, (an axle) new, suitable for irrigation, satisfactory. I have received it for the completion of all the machinery on this present day, which is Tybi 15 of the present second indiction, for the water supply for the crops of the third indiction, God willing, the said axle to serve for the irrigation for a period of seven years, the old one having been given to the doorkeeper. This written acknowledgement, written in a single copy, is valid, and having been asked the formal question I have agreed. I, Ptollion son of Anouthios: this acknowledgement satisfies me as set out above. I, Papnouthios, wrote on his behalf, as he is illiterate. † Total: one axle only. † † † † Through me, Papnouthios, notary. [verso] † Acknowledgement of Ptollion son of Anouthios from the hamlet of Ambious, for receipt of one axle. †

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