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p.oxy.16.1883 21. Dez. 504Oxyrhynchos
Petition to a Defensor via HGV-meta
Petition to the defensor about a debt owed by a saddle-maker. A petition from Flavius Ala, deputy commander (vicarius) of the fort of Psobthis, to Flavius Hermias, defensor of Oxyrhynchus. He complains that Menas, a saddle-maker of the same city, owes him money under a written agreement and keeps delaying payment, and asks that Menas be taken into custody and forced to pay. It is dated 21 December 504 at Oxyrhynchus. machine translation
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Transcription
Φλαουίῳ Ἑρμίᾳ τῷ ἐλλογιμωτάτῳ σχολαστικῷ ἐκδίκῳ τῆς Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν πόλεως
παρὰ Φλαουίου Ἄλα οὐικαρίου κάστρου Ψώβθεως ἀπὸ Ὀξυρυγχιτῶνπόλεως.
Μηνᾶς σαγματοράπτης ὁρμώμενος ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως ἐποφείλει μοι ἐγγράφως καὶ κελευσθεὶς
παρʼ ἐμοῦ τὴν εὐγνωμοσύνην ποιήσασθαι ὑπερτίθεται. ἀνάγκην ἐκδεχόμενος παρακαλῶ τὴν σὴν
παίδευσιν διὰ τῆς ἐπιδόσεως τούτου τοῦ λιβέλλου
ὑπὸ ἀσφάλειαν γενάμενον καταναγκασθῆναι τὸ
εὐγνῶμόν μοι ποιεῖν, λαμπρότατε ἔκδικε,
λογώτατε κύριε.
Φλαούιος Ἄλα βικάριος ἐπιδέδωκα.
ὑπατείας Φλαουίου Κεθήγου τοῦ ἐνδοξοτάτου Χοίακ κε.Translations (1)
To Flavius Hermias, the most eloquent scholasticus, defensor of the city of the Oxyrhynchites,
from Flavius Ala, vicarius of the fort of Psobthis, from the city of the Oxyrhynchites.
Menas, saddle-maker, originating from the same city, owes me a balance by written bond, and when ordered by me to act in good faith he keeps putting it off. Being under necessity, I call upon your learning, through the submission of this petition, that he be placed under security and compelled to act fairly towards me, most illustrious defensor, most learned lord.
I, Flavius Ala, vicarius, have submitted this.
In the consulship of Flavius Cethegus, most glorious, Choiak 25.
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- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;16;1883 tier-1
- HGV-Text 22019 tier-1
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