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p.oxy.17.2106
Letter of Praefect via HGV-meta
Prefect's letter ordering a compulsory purchase of gold. A circular letter from the prefect of Egypt to the magistrates, council and logistes of Oxyrhynchos ordering an urgent compulsory purchase of gold for the emperors. The gold, 38 pounds, was to be gathered from the gold dealers and the wealthy, brought to Alexandria by the logistes and the chief magistrate, and sent on to Nikomedia, with the treasury paying 100,000 denarii per pound. machine translation
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Transcription
[…] ἄρχουσι καὶ βουλῇ καὶ
[…]ι …[…]λογιστῇ Ὀξυρυγχίτου χαίρειν.
ἡ θεία καὶ σεβασμία τύχη τῶν δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν Αὐτοκρατόρων τε καὶ Καισάρων προσέταξεν γραμμάτων θείων πρὸς
μὲ ἀποσταλέντων χρυσὸν ἀπὸ τῆς ἐπαρχίου συνωνηθῆναι. φροντὶς ὑμῖν ἔστω, τοῦ πράγματος ὑπέρθεσιν
οὐδεμίαν ἐπιδεχομένου, προστέτακται γὰρ εἴσω δ
τοῦ Θὼθ μηνὸς ὁ πᾶς χρυσὸς ἐν Νικομηδίᾳ παραδοθῆναι, ἐντὸς ἡμερῶν λ, τοῦτʼ ἔστιν εἴσω τῆς
ε τοῦ Μεσορή, καὶ ἐν τούτῳ τὴν καθοσίωσιν τὴν
ὑμετέραν ἐνδεικνυμένοις, λη μόνας λίτρας ἀπαιτῆσαι
παρʼ ἑκάστου κατὰ δύναμιν καὶ ἀγαγεῖν εἰς τὴν λαμπρὰν Ἀλεξανδρέων πόλιν, δηλαδὴ ταύτας κομιζόντων σοῦ τε τοῦ λογιστοῦ καὶ ἑνὸς ἐξ ὑμῶν τοῦ τὴν
πρώτην τάξιν ἐν τῇ ἀρχῇ ἐπέχοντος, συμβαλλομένων ὑμῖν ἐν τῇ εἰσφορᾷ ταύτῃ τῶν τε
τὴν τοῦ χρυσοῦ ὕλην πραγματευομένων καὶ τῶν
δυνατωτάτων ὄντων, οὐκ ἐνοχλουμένων δὲ
τῶν ξένων εἰ μὴ ἄρα τὸ ἐφέστιον αὐτόθι κατεστήσαντο καὶ μηδέπω ἐπολιτεύσαντο εὔποροί τε ὄντες τυγχάνουσιν, δέκα μυριάδων δηλαδὴ ὑπὲρ ἑκάστης λίτρας ἀριθμουμένων τοῖς
παρέχουσιν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἱερωτάτου ταμιείου. καὶ ἵνα
ἐπὶ τῶν τόπων τὸ τίμημα τούτων ἐξ ἑτοίμου
τούτοις καταβληθείη ἐπέστειλα τῷ κυρίῳ μου
καὶ ἀδελφῷ τῷ διασημοτάτῳ καθολικῷ ὡς ἂν αὐτὸς
προστάξοιεν τοῖς ἐπιτρόποις τοῦτο ποιῆσαι.
ἐρρῶσθαι ὑμᾶς εὔχομαι. μεθʼ ἃ Ῥωμαικά.Translations (1)
[…] to the magistrates and council and […] logistes of the Oxyrhynchite nome, greeting.
The divine and venerable fortune of our lords the Emperors and Caesars, by divine letters sent to me, has ordered that gold be purchased from the province. Take care, since the matter admits of no delay, for it has been ordered that all the gold be delivered at Nikomedia by the 4th of the month Thoth, within 30 days, that is by the 5th of Mesore, and, showing your devotion in this too, to demand only 38 pounds from each according to ability and bring them to the illustrious city of the Alexandrians, these being conveyed, clearly, by you the logistes and by one of you who holds first rank in the magistracy, those who deal in the gold trade and those who are most wealthy contributing to you in this levy, but the foreigners not being troubled unless they have set up their household there and have not yet held civic office and happen to be well-off, 100,000 (denarii), clearly, for each pound being paid to the suppliers by the most sacred treasury. And so that the price of these may be paid to them on the spot without delay, I have written to my lord and brother the most eminent catholicus, so that he may order the procurators to do this.
I pray for your health. After which, in Latin.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 17489 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;17;2106 tier-1
- HGV-Text 17489 tier-1
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