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p.oxy.2.285 ca. 50Oxyrhynchos

Extortion by a Tax - Collector via HGV-meta

Petition of a weaver against a tax collector for extortion. A petition from Sarapion son of Theon, a weaver of Oxyrhynchus, to the strategos Tiberius Claudius Pasion, complaining that the former collector of the weavers' trade tax, Apollophanes, violently seized his linen tunic and extorted further money from him. He asks the strategos to deal with the collector; the document dates to about AD 50. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Τιβερίωι Κλαυδίῳ Πασίωνι στρατηγῷ παρὰ Σαραπίωνος τοῦ Θέωνος τῶν ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως γερδίων λαύρας δρόμου Γυμνασίου. Ἀπολλοφάνης γενόμενος πράκτωρ χειρωναξίου γερδίων τῷ α ἔτει Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος πολλῇ βίᾳ χρώμενος ἀφήρπασεν ὃν ἤμην ἐνδεδυμένος χιτῶνα λινοῦν ἄξιον δραχμῶν ὀκτώ , καὶ διέσεισέν με ἄλλας δραχμὰς τέσσαρας , καὶ ἀπὸ μηνὸς Νέου Σεβαστοῦ ἐνάτου ἔτους Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος ἕως Φαρμοῦθι, μηνῶν ἕξ , κατὰ μῆνα δραχμὰς δύο , αἳ συναγόμεναι δραχμαὶ κδ. διὸ ἀξιῶ διαλαβεῖν κατʼ αὐτοῦ ὡς ἐάν σοι φαίνηται. εὐτύχει. θεουκαιπιαπενεκαιαγυνι καπιουγενεπινκινκαπι σεουκαισοφωνεκαισο [v] […]ουκαισεραθευκαις ουκαιουνεσουκαισθευπιθος καισουκαισουσπουκαισθ

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EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] To Tiberius Claudius Pasion, strategos, from Sarapion son of Theon, of the weavers from the city of Oxyrhynchus, of the quarter of the Gymnasium Street. Apollophanes, who was collector of the trade tax on weavers in the 1st year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, using great violence, seized the linen tunic I was wearing, worth 8 drachmas, and extorted from me another 4 drachmas, and from the month Neos Sebastos of the 9th year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator until Pharmouthi, 6 months, 2 drachmas a month, which together make 24 drachmas. Therefore I ask you to take proceedings against him as seems good to you. Farewell. […] (meaningless letter sequences) [verso] […] (meaningless letter sequences)

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