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p.oxy.16.1855 VI - VIIOxyrhynchos
Letter from Victor to George via HGV-meta
Letter from Victor to George about tax collection at Mouchis and Pinyris. A letter from Victor, a chartularius (estate secretary), to George, comes and administrator, who had arrived at Kynopolis. Victor reports collecting arrears of gold taxes and the grain levy from the village of Mouchis, handing them to the village headman, and his fruitless 19-day wait for an answer from the people of Pinyris. machine translation
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- Letter from Victor to George HGV-meta OxyrhynchosVI - VII
- Letter from Victor to George APIS-papyrus Oxyrhynchus6th or 7th century
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· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
† μαθὼν ὅτι κατέλαβεν ἡ ὑμετέρα μεγαλοπρέπεια τὴν Κυνῶν συνεῖδον γράψαι καὶ προσκυνῆσαι
τοὺς τιμίους αὐτῆς πόδας, ἔπειτα σημᾶναι αὐτῇ τὸ κατὰ λεπτὸν τοῦ πράγματος
περὶ τῶν ἀπὸ Μούχεως. σὺν εὐμενείᾳ τοῦ δεσπότου Χριστοῦ ἠνύσαμεν τὴν
λοιπάδα τῶν χρυσικῶν δωδεκάτης ἰνδικτίονος καὶ τὴν ἀπολοιπασίαν τῆς ἐμβολῆς τρεισκαιδεκάτης, καὶ χρυσικῶν
κα……ι ἕνδεκα νομισμάτων τῶν δοθέντων πρώην τῷ μείζονι τῆς αὐτῆς κώμης
παρὰ δύο τρίτον νομίσματα καὶ σίτου ἀρτάβας τριάκοντα τέσσαρας καγκέλλῳ, καὶ ταῦτα ὑπὸ σφραγῖδι
ἡμετέρα παραδεδώκαμεν τῷ μείζονι τῆς αὐτῆς κώμης, ἅπαντα προειρημένα ἕνδεκα
νομίσματα. καὶ παρεγενάμην καὶ εἰς Πινῦριν ἵνα πάθωμεν ἐκεῖ ἀπόκρισιν καὶ
σφραγίσωμεν, καὶ αὐτὸς κατέμενον παρὰ τῷ μείζονι καὶ ἔχω δύο ἡμέρας
ἀνερχόμενος πρὸς αὐτούς, καὶ οὐκ ἔπαθον παρʼ αὐτῶν ἀπόκρισιν, καὶ πολλά εἰσιν
τὰ χρεωστούμενα ἡμῖν καὶ παρʼ ἐκείνων. καὶ ἐὰν συνορᾷ ὁ δεσπότης μου πέμψαι μετ…φ
ἢ νεωτέρας ἵνα ι…τ…[…]ι…η[…]…ι…λ[…]…ως καὶ πέμψαι καὶ ἔχωμεν ἀπαλλαγῆναι
τῆς σιαντίας ταύτης. ἔχω γὰρ δεκαεννέα ἡμέρας σήμερον εἰς τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦτο· ἐγράφη μοι γὰρ
παρὰ τῶν σὺν ὑμῖν, δέσποτά μου, ἵνα ἐμοῦ πάσχοντος ἀπόκρισιν εἰς Πινῦριν ἀποδώσωμεν — ἀναγίνωσκε ὀπίσω —
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ὑμῖν τὰ ὑμέτερα καὶ ἀναλάβωμεν καὶ ἡμεῖς τὰ ἡμέτερα. πρὸ γὰρ βλεπ…
οἱ ἀπὸ Πινύρεως οὐ προσδοκῶσιν δοῦναί τί ποτε μετὰ καλοῦ. ταῦτα γράψας
πλεῖστα αὐτὴν προσκυνῶ καὶ ἀσπάζομαι τοὺς τιμίους αὐτῆς πόδας. †
δεσπότῃ ἐμῷ τὰ πάντα μεγαλοπρεπεστάτῳ πάσης τιμῆς καὶ προσκυνήσεως ἀξίῳ γνησίῳ ἀδελφῷ † Γεωργίῳ κόμετι καὶ διοικητῇ † Βίκτωρ ἰλλούστριος
σὺν θεῷ χαρτουλάριος καὶ ὑμέτερος δοῦλος. †Translations (1)
[recto]
† Having learned that your magnificence has reached Kynopolis, I thought it right to write and to do obeisance to your honoured feet, and then to inform you of the details of the business concerning the people from Mouchis. With the favour of our Lord Christ we have completed the arrears of the gold taxes of the 12th indiction and the remainder of the embole (grain levy) of the 13th, and of the gold taxes […] 11 solidi, given previously to the headman of the same village, less 2 1/3 solidi, and 34 artabas of wheat by the kankellon measure; and these we have handed over under our seal to the headman of the same village, all of the aforesaid 11 solidi. And I went also to Pinyris so that we might get an answer there and seal, and I myself stayed with the headman, and for two days I have been going up to them, and I have not received an answer from them; and there are many sums owed to us by them as well. And if my lord thinks fit to send […] or younger men so that […] and to send, and we may be rid of this vexation. For today I have spent 19 days on this business; for it was written to me by those with you, my lord, that when I received an answer at Pinyris we should hand over (read on the back)
[verso]
to you what is yours and we too should take back what is ours. For before […] the people of Pinyris do not expect to give anything at all willingly. Having written this, I do much obeisance to you and greet your honoured feet. †
To my lord, in all things most magnificent, worthy of all honour and obeisance, true brother, † George, comes and administrator, † Victor, illustris, by God's grace chartularius and your servant. †
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- TM-Text 37861 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;16;1855 tier-1
- HGV-Text 37861 tier-1
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