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p.oxy.16.1868 VI - VIIOxyrhynchos
Letter to a Comes via HGV-meta
Letter to a comes about leases promised but not sent. A Christian-era letter from Oxyrhynchus to a high-ranking official (a comes), complaining that leases he had sworn would be drawn up and sent through Andronikos never arrived, although Andronikos himself came. The writer also reports what the comes Lamason said about an estate manager sent to collect a payment, and closes with news that a beloved child is well. machine translation
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TM 37870.
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- Letter to a Comes HGV-meta OxyrhynchosVI - VII
- Letter to a comes APIS-papyrus Oxyrhynchus6th or 7th century
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
παρὰ
[…]…ε… οἴδαμεν καὶ πεπείσμεθα τὴν σὴν γνησίαν λαμπρότητα
μὴ ψευδομένην, μάλιστα καὶ ὅταν ὀμόσῃς. ἐπειδὴ οὖν ὤμοσες
τὰς μισθώσεις γίνεσθαι καὶ πέμπεσθαι διὰ τοῦ καθοσιωμένου
Ἀνδρονίκου, ὡς Καλλίνικος ὁ ἡμέτερος νοτάριος ἐλθὼν ἡμῖν
ἀπήγγειλεν, ἰδοὺ καὶ ὁ προειρημένος ἀνὴρ ἦλθεν
ἀλλʼ αἱ μισθώσεις οὐκ ἐπέμφθησαν. εἶπεν δὲ ἡμῖν καὶ ὁ κόμες
Λαμάσων ἐλθὼν ἐνταῦθα ὅτι ἐπέμφθη ὁ προνοητὴς τὴν καταβολὴν
ἀπαιτῆσαι, καὶ θεὸς οἶδεν οὐδὲ αὐτῷ ἐπίστευσα, ἐπειδὴ τὰ θεραπεύοντα
εἰς ὑμᾶς ποιεῖ. σὺν θεῷ δὲ τὸ γλυκύτατον παιδίον χάριτι τοῦ
δεσπότου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐν καλῇ καταστάσει ἐστίν. †
[v]
τῷ τὰ πάντα λαμπροτάτῳ καὶ περιβλέπτῳ κόμετι ο[…]
……Translations (1)
[recto]
From […]
[…] we know and are persuaded that your genuine Excellency does [not] lie, especially when you swear an oath. Since, then, you swore that the leases would be drawn up and sent through the most devoted Andronikos, as Kallinikos our notary reported to us on his arrival, see, the aforementioned man has come, but the leases were not sent. And the comes Lamason, coming here, also told us that the pronoetes (estate manager) had been sent to demand the payment, and God knows I did not believe even him, since he acts to please you. With God, the sweetest child, by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, is in good condition. †
[verso]
To the in all things most illustrious and admired comes […]
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Oxyrhynchus
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 37870 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;16;1868 tier-1
- HGV-Text 37870 tier-1
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