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p.oxy.1.38 Oxyrhynchos
Petition to the Praefect via HGV-meta
Petition of Tryphon to the prefect about a foundling and his son. A petition from Tryphon, a weaver of Oxyrhynchus, to the prefect of Egypt Gnaeus Vergilius Capito. His wife had been given a foundling to nurse by Syros; after the foundling died, Syros tried to claim Tryphon's own son as a slave, and although the strategos Pasion ruled in Tryphon's favour, Syros refuses to accept the decision. Written about AD 49-50. machine translation
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- chrest.mitt.58 DDbDP-text Oxyrhynchos49
- Petition to the Praefect HGV-meta Oxyrhynchos49
- Petition to the praefect APIS-papyrus OxyrhynchusA.D. 49-50
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Inscription #1
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Transcription
Γναίωι Οὐεργιλίωι Καπίτωνι,
παρὰ Τρύφωνος τοῦ Διονυσίου τῶν ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως. Σῦρος Σύρου ἐνεχείρισεν
τῇ γυναικί μου Σαραεῦτι Ἀπίωνος τῶι ζ ἔτει
Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ
Αὐτοκράτορος διʼ ἐγγύου ἐμοῦ ὃ ἀνῄρηται ἀπὸ
κοπρίας ἀρσενικὸν σωμάτιον, ᾧ ὄνομα Ἡρακλᾶς,
ὥστε τροφεῦσαι. τοῦ οὖν σωματίου τετελευτηκότος, καὶ τοῦ Σύρου ἐπικεχειρηκότος ἀποσπάσαι
εἰς δουλαγωγίαν τὸν ἀφήλικά μου υἱὸν Ἀπίωνα,
παρῆλθον ἐπὶ τοῦ γενομένου τοῦ νομοῦ
στρατηγοῦ Πασίωνος, ὑφʼ οὗ καὶ ἀποκατεστάθη μοι
ὁ υἱὸς Ἀπίων ἀκολούθως τοῖς ὑπὸ σοῦ τοῦ εὐεργέτου προστεταγμένοις καὶ τοῖς γεγονόσι, ὑπὸ τοῦ
Πασίωνος ὑπομνηματισμοῖς. τοῦ δὲ Σύρου
μὴ βουλομένου ἐνμεῖναι τοῖς κεκριμένοις
ἀλλὰ καὶ καταργοῦντός με χειρότεχνον ὄντα,
ἐπὶ σὲ τὸν πάντων σωτῆρα τῶν δικαίων τυχεῖν. εὐτύχει.Translations (1)
To Gnaeus Vergilius Capito,
from Tryphon son of Dionysios, of those from Oxyrhynchus city. Syros son of Syros handed over to my wife Saraeus daughter of Apion, in the 7th year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, with me as guarantor, a male infant which he had picked up from a dung heap, named Heraklas, for her to nurse. Now since the infant has died, and Syros has attempted to carry off my underage son Apion into slavery, I went before Pasion, the former strategos of the nome, by whom my son Apion was also restored to me in accordance with the orders issued by you, the benefactor, and with the minutes of the proceedings held by Pasion. But since Syros does not wish to abide by the judgement, and moreover is keeping me, a craftsman, from my work, I have come to you, the saviour of all, to obtain justice. Farewell.
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- TM-Text 20700 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;1;38 tier-1
- HGV-Text 20700 tier-1
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