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p.oxy.16.1859 VI - VIIOxyrhynchos
Letter from Menas to a Landlord’s Agent via HGV-meta
Letter from Menas asking that vintagers of Seryphis be given two days to finish. A short letter from Menas, a secretary, to his master, a deputy landowner of illustris rank, asking that Pambechis and his companions from the village of Seryphis be left free for two days to finish their grape harvest and deliver the wine owed to the estate. Once that is done, Menas says, he can return to his master. It dates from the 6th or 7th century AD and comes from Oxyrhynchus. machine translation
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TM 37865.
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- Letter from Menas to a Landlord’s Agent HGV-meta OxyrhynchosVI - VII
- Letter from Menas to a landord's agent APIS-papyrus Oxyrhynchus6th or 7th century
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· Greek
Transcription
[r]
† παρακαλῶ τὸν ἐμὸν ἀγαθὸν δεσπότην ἐὰν ἐστι δυνατὸν κελεῦσαι
ἐνδοῦναι τὸν Παμβήχιον καὶ τοὺς ἑταίρους αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ Σερύφεως τὴν σήμερον
καὶ τὴν αὔριον ἕως οὗ πληρώσουσιν τὴν γεουχικὴν ῥύσιν αὐτῶν, ἐπειδὴ σήμερον
ἤρξαντο τρυγεῖν τὴν ἄμπελον αὐτῶν. πολλὴν γὰρ ῥύσιν παρέχουσιν. ἀλλὰ
τὸν βοηθοῦντα αὐτοῖς θεόν, ἐπειδὴ ἄλλο ἔργον οὐκ ἔχω ἐνταῦθα εἰ μὴ
ἀντλήσουσιν μόνον τὴν ῥύσιν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀνέρχομαι εἰς τοὺς πόδας τοῦ κύρου.
ἐὰν γὰρ ἀνέρχονται, ἐμποδίζομαι ἐνταῦθα. †
[v]
† τῷ ἐμῷ ἀγαθῷ δεσπότῃ τῷ ἐνδοξοτάτῳ ἰλλουστρίῳ καὶ ἀντιγεούχῳ † Μηνᾶς χαρτουλάριος ὑμέτερος δοῦλος.Translations (1)
[recto]
† I beg my good master, if it is possible, to order that Pambechis and his companions from Seryphis be released (?) today and tomorrow until they complete their landlord's contribution (of must), since today they have begun to harvest their vineyard. For they are yielding a large flow. But, by God who helps them, since I have no other work here except that they should only draw off their flow, I shall then come up to the feet of my lord. For if they go up, I am held back here. †
[verso]
† To my good master, the most glorious illustris and deputy landowner, † Menas, secretary, your servant.
Connections
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Oxyrhynchus
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 37865 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;16;1859 tier-1
- HGV-Text 37865 tier-1
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