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p.oxy.48.3393 8. Juni 365Oxyrhynchos
Petition to the Riparii via HGV-meta
Petition to the riparii about unreimbursed tax advances at Teruthis. A petition of 8 June 365 from the brothers Dorotheos and Papnouthios to the riparii (police officials) of the Oxyrhynchite nome. They complain that the councillor Eulogios made them assistants for tax collection at the village of Teruthis but gave no funds, forcing them to borrow to pay the village's dues, then barred them from collecting and sent his son instead; they ask for reimbursement so they need not flee their home. machine translation
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- Petition to the Riparii HGV-meta Oxyrhynchos8. Juni 365
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Transcription
ὑπατείας τῶν δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν Οὐαλεντινιανοῦ καὶ Οὐάλεντος
αἰωνίων Αὐγούστων, Παῦνι ιδ.
Αὐρηλίοις Σαρμάτῃ καὶ Διογένει ῥιπαρίοις Ὀξυρυγχίτου
παρὰ Αὐρηλίων Δωροθέου καὶ Παπνουθίου ἀμφοτέρων ἐκ πατρὸς
Ἀφυγχίου ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως. πρὸ τούτου προετράπημεν
ὑπὸ Εὐλογίου πολιτευομένου ὥστε χώραν βοηθοῦ ἀποπληρῶσαι
ἐπὶ κώμης Τερύθεως καὶ διδόναι πᾶσαν προχρείαν τοῦ εὑρεῖν
καὶ διδόναι εἰς τὰ ζητούμενα δημόσια παντοῖα ἄχρις ἂν τὴν
ἀπαίτησιν τῆς προλεχθείσης κώμης ποιησώμεθα, καὶ δὴ πεισθέντες ἐπὶ τούτοις αὐτῷ ἀμέμπτως τὴν χρείαν ἀπεπληρώσαμεν·
ἐν δὲ τῷ μεταξὺ οὐδεμίαν προχρείαν παρέσχεν, ἀλλὰ ἡμᾶς παρέβαλεν τοῖς ἀπαιτηταῖς καὶ μετὰ ὕβρεων ἀπῃτήθημεν τὰ συντείνοντα
τῇ αὐτῇ κώμῃ. ἐπεὶ τοίνυν ἀπὸ τῆς πολλῆς πενίας μηδὲν κεκτημένοι κατὰ τὸ παντελὲς ἐδανεισάμεθα παρὰ δανειστῶν ῥητὴν ποσότητα ἀργυρίων καὶ νομισματίων τῶν καὶ δοθέντων εἰς τὰ αὐτὰ δημόσια
καὶ ὅτι οὐκ ἐπετράπημεν ὑπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ Εὐλογίου ἐκβῆναι εἰς τὴν προειρημένην κώμην ἀπὸ μηνὸς Τῦβι ἕως τοῦ παρόντος καὶ τόκους
χορηγοῦμεν τοῖς δανεισταῖς τοῖς εὐχρηστήσασι ἡμῖν μὴ ἐπιτραπέντες
τὴν ἀπαίτησιν ποιήσασθαι τῶν προχρησθέντων ὑφʼ ἡμῶν ἀλλὰ
καὶ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ Σαραπίωνα καὶ Δωρόθεον βοηθὸν ἀπέστειλεν εἰς Τερῦθιν ἀνθʼ ἡμῶν καὶ τὴν ἀπαίτησιν πεποίηνται, τούτου ἕνεκεν τὰ βιβλία
ἐπιδιδόαμεν τῇ ὑμῶν ἐμμελείᾳ ἀξιοῦντες μετασταλῆναι τοὺς δημοσίους τοὺς καὶ ὑπευθύνους ὄντας καὶ ἐπαναγκασθῆναι πάντα τὰ
προχρησθέντα ὑφʼ ἡμῶν ἀποδοῦναι ἵνα καὶ ἡμεῖς δυνηθῶμεν τοῖς
εὐχρηστήσασι ἡμῖν ἀποδοῦναι καὶ συνμεῖναι ἐπὶ τῆς ἰδίας καὶ μὴ
ἐκ ταύτης τῆς ἀφορμῆς μετανάσται γενώμεθα τῆς πατρίδος.Translations (1)
In the consulship of our masters Valentinian and Valens, eternal Augusti, Pauni 14.
To the Aurelii Sarmates and Diogenes, riparii of the Oxyrhynchite nome,
from the Aurelii Dorotheos and Papnouthios, both sons of Aphynchis, from the same city. Some time ago we were urged by Eulogios, a member of the city council, to fill the post of assistant at the village of Teruthis and to provide every advance needed for finding and paying the various public dues demanded, until we should carry out the collection of the aforesaid village; and indeed, persuaded on these terms, we performed the service for him blamelessly. But in the meantime he furnished no advance at all, but handed us over to the collectors, and with insults we were made to pay the dues pertaining to that village. Since, therefore, owing to our great poverty, possessing absolutely nothing, we borrowed from lenders a specified quantity of silver and of solidi, which were indeed paid towards these same public dues, and since we have not been permitted by the same Eulogios to go out to the aforesaid village from the month of Tybi until the present, and we are paying interest to the lenders who obliged us, not being permitted to make the collection of what we advanced, but he has even sent his son Sarapion and Dorotheos as assistant to Teruthis in our place, and they have made the collection, for this reason we submit this petition to your diligence, asking that the public officials, who are also responsible, be summoned and compelled to repay everything advanced by us, so that we too may be able to repay those who obliged us and remain in our own home, and not on this account become fugitives from our native place.
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- TM-Text 22489 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;48;3393 tier-1
- HGV-Text 22489 tier-1
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