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p.oxy.16.1869 VI - VIIOxyrhynchos

Letter from Theodorus to a Dioecetes via HGV-meta

Letter from Theodoros to the dioiketes Phoibammon about unpaid kalandika. A Byzantine letter from Theodoros, a scholastikos (advocate), to Phoibammon, a dioiketes (estate manager), from Oxyrhynchus. Theodoros tactfully reports that John, a scriniarius, says his kalandika payments have not yet been made, attributes the delay to hard times, and asks Phoibammon to settle the matter as a favour to him. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] † Ἰωάννης ὁ λαμπρότατος σκρινιάριος ἔφη μήπω πεπληρῶσθαι παρὰ τῆς ὑμετέρας ἀδελφικῆς ποθεινότητος τὰ καλανδικὰ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκ πρώτης μὲν ἀκοῆς ἄπιστον ἐδόκει μοι τὸ λεχθέν, πολὺν γὰρ εὔφημον λόγον ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ συνεῖρεν ἐνταῦθα διάγουσα, καὶ οὐκ ἦν εἰκὸς τοσοῦτον ὑμᾶς ἐγκωμιάζοντας αὐτὸν μὴ καὶ πρὸ χρόνου πολλοῦ τὴν δόσιν ποιεῖσθαι πρὸς αὐτὸν τῶν καλανδικῶν. ἐπειδὴ δὲ πάλιν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἀψευδὴς καθέστηκεν, οὐ δεδύνημαι τὸν λόγον παντελῶς ἀποσείεσθαι, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον τοῦ βράδους τὸ αἴτιον τῇ στενώσει τῶν πραγμάτων ἀνεθέμην. οὕτω γὰρ καὶ αὐτὸς ὑπεραπελογεῖτο τῆς ὑμετέρας ποθεινότητος, καὶ μόνον ᾔτει γινώσκειν ὑμᾶς ὡς χαριεῖσθέ μοι μεγάλως εἰ πάνυ π[…] πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐπαν…ε… τὴν ὑμετέρανἀγαγεῖν γνησιότητα […] [… 3 lines lost …] [v] † οἰκείῳ δεσπότῃ τῷ πάντων λαμπροτάτῳ ποθεινοτάτῳ προσκυνητῷ γνησίῳ ἀδελφῷ κυρίῳ Φοιβάμμωνι διοικητῇ † Θεόδωρος σὺν θεῷ σχολαστικός. [… 14 lines lost …]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] † John, the most illustrious scriniarius, said that his kalandika have not yet been paid in full by your brotherly Belovedness, and on first hearing what was said seemed to me unbelievable, for he strung together much praise on your behalf while staying here, and it was not likely that you, who commend him so highly, had not long ago made the payment of the kalandika to him. But since again the man has proved truthful, I have not been able to dismiss the report altogether, but rather I attributed the cause of the delay to the straitness of affairs. For thus he himself also made excuses on behalf of your Belovedness, and asked only that you should know that you will do me a great favour if you very much […] towards him […] your Sincerity […] [… 3 lines lost …] [verso] † To my own master, the all-most-illustrious, most beloved, revered, true brother, lord Phoibammon, dioiketes, † Theodoros, with God, scholastikos. [… 14 lines lost …]

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