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p.oxy.16.1853 VI - VIIOxyrhynchos

Letter from Victor to George via HGV-meta

Letter from Victor to George about a theft of gold at Pinuris. A letter from Victor, an illustris and deputy landowner (antigeouchos), to George, chartularius and estate manager, about a theft. People from the village of Thmoinepsobthis raided Pinuris during a festival and stole the money container of the estate's pronoetes, holding nearly 30 solidi; Victor reports the steps taken to investigate and recover the gold. It dates to the 6th or 7th century AD, from Oxyrhynchus. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] † εὑρίσκω ὅτι μετὰ μυρίων κύκλων οἱ ἀπὸ Πινύρεως ἔχουσι φυλακὴν διὰ τοὺς ἀπὸ Θμοινεψώβθεως καὶ τοὺς παραφύλακας αὐτῶν. ἔβαλον γὰρ εἰς κώμην εἰς τὴν ξενίαν καὶ ἔκλεψαν τὸ ζύγιν τοῦ προνοητοῦ αὐτῶν ἔχον κάτω καὶ τριάκοντα νομίσματα· καὶ ἰδοὺ αὐτὸν τὸν βοηθὸν ἔπεμψα αὐτῇ μετὰ καὶ νεωτέρου λεγομένου Ἀλεξάνδρου ἵνα παρενέγκῃ αὐτοὺς κατὰ Κεφαλᾶ καὶ ἐπισφραγίσωσιν τὸν προνοητήν. ἔπεμψεν γὰρ καὶ ὁ δεσποτικός τινα τὸν ὀφείλοντα παρενέγκαι τοὺς μείζονας Θμοινεψώβθεως ἕως οὗ ζητηθῇ τὸ ὅλον τὸ πρᾶγμα. καὶ ἐὰν ἔχει πέμψαι ἐκεῖσε τὸν τριβοῦνον ἢ τὸν μειζότερον ἢ διʼ ἑαυτοῦ παραμένητε, οὐκ ἐνδέχεται μὴ εὑρεθῆναι τὸ χρυσίον. † [v] † δεσπότῃ ἐμῷ τὰ πάντα λαμπροτάτῳ πάσης τιμῆς ἀξίῳ γνησίῳ ἀδελφῷ Γεωργίῳ χαρτουλαρίῳ καὶ διοικητῇ † Βίκτωρ ἰλλούστριος σὺν θεῷ ἀντιγεοῦχος †

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EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
† I find that with countless circuits (?) the people from Pinuris are keeping guard because of the people from Thmoinepsobthis and their guards (paraphylakes). For they burst into the village at the time of the festival (?) and stole the balance (?) of their pronoetes, which held a little under 30 solidi. And see, I have sent the assistant himself to her together with a younger man called Alexander, so that he may bring them before Kephalas and they may put the pronoetes under seal (?). For the dominical official (despotikos) has also sent someone who is to bring the headmen of Thmoinepsobthis until the whole matter is investigated. And if he is able to send the tribune or the senior headman there, or if you remain there in person, it is impossible that the gold will not be found. † [verso] † To my master, in all things most illustrious, worthy of all honour, true brother George, chartularius and dioiketes, † Victor, illustris, with God's help antigeouchos †

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