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p.oxy.16.1837 frühes VIOxyrhynchos

Letter concerning an Abduction via HGV-meta

Letter concerning the abduction of Makaria. A letter of the early 6th century AD from Oxyrhynchus. The writer first rebukes the recipient for opening his letter with complaints, then reports on supplies (carats, radish oil) and chiefly on the abduction of a woman named Makaria by a singularius who keeps her in his house claiming she is free, asking for swift action and for officials to be informed. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] † οὐδεὶς θέλων ἐγκαλέσαι ἢ μέμψασθαί τινων ἐν προοιμίοις τῆς ἐπιστολῆς γράφει ἵνα μὴ ὁ ἀναγινώσκων σιανθῇ καὶ μὴ ἀναγνώσῃ τὴν ἐπιστολήν, ὑμεῖς δὲ τάξιν διαλαλίας τὸ προοίμιον ἐγράψατε. πάντα δὲ τὰ κελευσθέντα ἡμῖν ποιοῦμεν. εἰσὶν δὲ τὰ κεράτια τοῦ κυρίου Μηνᾶ ϙζ 𐅷. καὶ περὶ ῥαφανελαίου χρείαν ἔχω δύο ἥμισυ ἀγγείων. περὶ δὲ τῆς […]…υ τῆς Μακαρίας καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἐνταῦθα εἶπον ὑμῖν ὅ τι Πραλῆ[…] τις ὁ σινγουλάριός φησιν. ἀνεστάτησεν αὐτὴν καὶ ἔχει αὐτὴν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐ συγχωρεῖ αὐτὴν ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ἐμὲ λέγων ὅτι ἐλευθέρα ἐστίν, ἀλλὰ …κ…ν εἰπεῖν τῷ σοφωτάτῳ σχολαστικῷ Ἀγριππακῷ, ὑποβάλλει τῷ μεγαλοπρεπεστάτῳ αὐτὸς ἀσφαλ…ε… αὐτὴν ἵνα τελείως ἀσχημονήσῃ … ὡς θέλεις καὶ ὡς οἶδες ποίησον, μέντοι μετὰ σπουδῆς. πέμπω γὰρ αὐτὴν εἰς ἀπόκρισιν. πέμπει καὶ ὑπηρέτην πρὸς τό, φησίν, μὴ ἕτερα ἀσθενεῖν αὐτήν. εἰ δὲ κελεύεις, καὶ τῷ κυρίῳ Ἀφουᾷ τῷ βοηθῷ τῶν κομμέντων γράψον περὶ τούτου. ὁ πρότερον προσκυνηθεὶς παρʼ ἐμοῦ προσκύνει τὸν κύριον Ἰωάννην καὶ Γεώργιν τὸν ἐξκέπτορα καὶ τὸν κύριον Ἀνοῦπ. εἶπον δὲ τῷ ἀδελφῷ τοῦ κυρίου Ἀνοῦπ ὅτι σὺν θεῷ ὑγιαίνετε. μικρὰ ἐρεβίνθια ἀπόστειλον,, τὸν δὲ Μηνᾶν τὸν φλαγο ἐξ ἐμοῦ προσκύνει καὶ εἰπὲ αὐτῷ ἀποστεῖλαί μοι τὰ προμάξια. ἡ δούλη ὑμῶν προσκυνεῖ ὑμᾶς. ὁ θεὸς ἀξιώσει ἡμᾶς προσκυνεῖν ἐν ὑγείᾳ. [v] † δεπότῃ … πάντα λαμπροτάτῳ πάσης …

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] † No one who wishes to accuse or blame anyone writes it in the opening of the letter, so that the reader may not be disgusted and refuse to read the letter; but you wrote the opening in the manner of a quarrel. We are doing everything we were ordered. The carats of lord Menas are 97 1/2. And concerning radish oil, I need two and a half jars. Concerning the […] of Makaria, I told you also from those here that a certain Prales(?) […], the singularius, says so. He abducted her and has her in his house and does not allow her to come to me, saying that she is free; but […] to tell the most learned scholasticus Agrippakos, he suggests to the most magnificent […] himself […] her, so that she may be utterly disgraced […]. Do as you wish and as you know, but with haste. For I am sending her for a reply. He is also sending an attendant so that, he says, she may not suffer further harm. If you so order, write about this also to lord Aphouas, the assistant of the commentarienses. The one previously greeted by me salutes lord Ioannes and Georgios the exceptor and lord Anoup. Tell the brother of lord Anoup that, with God, you are well. Send a few chickpeas, and greet from me Menas the … and tell him to send me the napkins. Your slave woman salutes you. God will grant us to greet you in health. [verso] † To my master … all-most-illustrious … of all …

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