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p.oxy.43.3094 Oxyrhynchos
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Letter from Sarapas and Gaia to Eutychides about a lawsuit before the prefects. A private letter from Sarapas and Gaia at Oxyrhynchus to Eutychides, reporting Gaia's long series of petitions to Roman prefects (Datus and Julius Basilianus) and the official Agrippa about an unlawful ruling concerning the interest on a gift for her maintenance. The address gives delivery instructions via branch-sellers at the Sarapeum. machine translation
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TM 15973.
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- Private Letter HGV-meta Oxyrhynchos217
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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χαῖρε πολλά, Εὐτυχίδα, Σαραπᾶς καὶ
Γαΐα ἀσπαζόμεθά σε καὶ τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιοῦμεν καὶ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ
σου Ἡρακλείδου καὶ τῶν συνβίων
ὑμῶν καὶ τῶν τέκνων παρὰ τῷ μεγάλῳ Σαράπιδι. γιγνώσκε ὅτι μετὰ τὴν
ἄνομον ἀπόφασιν ἣν προήνεγκεν
κατὰ Γαίας Ἀγρίππας, ἐνέτυχεν τῷ ἡγεμονεύσαντι Δάτῳ ἀξιοῦσα εἰς τροφὰς τὸν τόκον τῆς χάριτος αὐτῆς ἀπολαβεῖν καὶ ἐκέλευσεν αὐτὴν διὰ ὑπογραφῆς ἐντυχεῖν τῷ αὐτῷ Ἀγρίππᾳ. ἐνέτυχεν δὲ καὶ Ἀγρίππᾳ καὶ ἀνεδέξατο
τὴν διάγνωσιν. ὕστερον δέ, τοῦ ὑπομνήματος προτεθέντος καὶ τοῦ εὐτυχοῦς ἡγεμόνος Ἰουλίου Βασιλιανοῦ εὐτυχῶς ἐπιβάντος τῇ πόλει, ἐνέτυχον
αὐτῷ διὰ βιβλιδίων προτάξασα τὴν
ὑπὸ Ἀγρίππα μεμφθεῖσαν διάταξιν
καὶ ἀλλας καὶ ὅλον τὸ Ἡρακλείτου
βιβλίδιον καὶ τὴν ὑπογραφὴν καὶ
τὸ Ἀγρίππα ὑπόμνημα μεμψαμένη ὡς αὐτοῦ παρὰ τοὺς νόμους
ἀποφηναμένου, μεμψαμένη δὲ
καὶ τὸν ῥήτορα ἐφʼ οἷς οὐ παρέθετό
μου δικαίοις καὶ ἀξιώσασα ἢ τὰ προσφωνηθέντα μοι ἀποδοθῆναι ἢ τὰ ἐμά.
ἐκέλευσέν μοι διὰ ὑπογραφῆς τὸ ὑπόμνημα παραπεμψάμενος τοῖς νομίμοις μου χρήσασθαι. καὶ ἐπεὶ ἀμφίλοξος ἦν
ἡ ὑπογραφὴ ἕτερον αὐτῷ ἔδωκα
πάλιν πάντα τὰ προειρημένα ἐτα[…]…α καὶ ἀξιώσασα εἰ τῇ τοῦ Ἡρακλείτου
ὑπογραφῇ χρήσασθαί με θέλει. καὶ πάλιν ὑπέγραψεν συντιθέμενος αὐτῇ
κελευούσῃ μοι τῇ τῶν νομίμων τάξει
[…]…ειν. διὸ γράφω σοι ἵνα καὶ σύ μοι συν[…]… ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς Σαραπάμμων. ἐρρῶσθαι ὑμᾶς εὐχόμεθα.
[v,ms]
παρὰ Σαραπᾶ καὶ Γαίας
[v,md]
δὸς Ἀμμωνίῳ θαλλοδοτοῦντι πρὸς τῷ νεῲ
τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ δώσει αὐτῷ.
[v,ctr]
Εὐτύχει θαλλοδοτοῦντι ὑπὸ τὸν πυλῶνα
τοῦ Σαραπείου πρὸς τῇ μεγάλῃ εἰκόνι.Translations (1)
[recto]
Many greetings, Eutychides. We, Sarapas and Gaia, salute you and make obeisance on your behalf, and on behalf of your brother Herakleides and your wives and the children, before the great Sarapis. Know that after the unlawful decision which Agrippa delivered against Gaia, she petitioned the former prefect Datus, asking to receive the interest on her gift for maintenance, and he ordered her by subscription to petition the same Agrippa. She did petition Agrippa, and he undertook the investigation. Later, when the minutes had been posted and the fortunate prefect Julius Basilianus had happily arrived in the city, I petitioned him by means of petitions, placing at the head the ordinance censured by Agrippa and others, and the whole petition of Herakleitos and the subscription and the minutes of Agrippa, complaining that he had given judgement contrary to the laws, and complaining also about the advocate, because he did not present my just claims, and asking either that what had been assigned to me be returned or my own property. He ordered me by subscription, having referred the minutes, to make use of my legal rights. And since the subscription was ambiguous, I gave him another, again with all the aforesaid […], asking whether he wished me to make use of the subscription of Herakleitos. And again he subscribed, agreeing with her (?), ordering me to […] by the procedure of the laws. Therefore I am writing to you so that you too may […] me. Sarapammon greets you. We pray for your health.
[verso]
From Sarapas and Gaia.
Give to Ammonios the branch-seller at the temple of the god and he will give it to him.
To Eutyches the branch-seller under the gateway of the Sarapeum by the great statue.
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 15973 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;43;3094 tier-1
- HGV-Text 15973 tier-1
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