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p.oxy.48.3409 IVOxyrhynchos
Letter from Chaeremon to Dorotheus via HGV-meta
Letter from Chairemon to Dorotheos about the headmen of Tampemou. A 4th-century letter from Oxyrhynchus in which Chairemon instructs Dorotheos about the missing village headmen of Tampemou, two of whom he has imprisoned. If the others are hiding in the city, Dorotheos is to bring their wives to the city and lock them up to force the men's release or compliance. The verso carries the address and brief money entries in myriads of denarii. machine translation
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TM 33719.
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- Letter from Chaeremon to Dorotheus HGV-meta OxyrhynchosIV
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
κυρίῳ μου υἱῷ Δωροθέῳ
Χαιρήμων.
τοῦ φρουροῦ Βαρούσιος ἀπαντήσαντος πρὸς ἐμὲ καὶ εἶπέν μοι
εἶναι παρὰ σοὶ καὶ ἐξήτασα αὐτὸν
περὶ τῶν ἀπὸ Ταμπεμοὺ ἐπειδὴ ἐζήτησα τοὺς κωμάρχας ἐπὶ τῆς πόλεως καὶ
οὐχ εὗρον αὐτοὺς εἰ μὴ μόνους τοὺς
δύο τοὺς κατακλείστους καὶ ἐγὼ ἐνόμιζον αὐτοὺς ἐκβάντας καὶ ἐξήτασα
αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν μὴ εἶναι παρὰ σοί. ἐὰν
οὖν μάθῃς ὅτι οὐκ ἐξέβησαν ἀλλὰ
ἔτι ἐπὶ τῆς πόλεως αὐτοὺς εἶναι καὶ ἐὰν
μάθῃς τὸ αἴτιον διὰ τί οὐκ ἐξέβησαν καὶ εἰ ἡ πρόφασις αὕτη, τὸ κατακλεῖσαί με δύο ὅτι οὐκ ἐξέβαινον
εἰ μὴ οἱ ἄλλοι ἀπολυθῶσιν, τὰς γυναῖκας αὐτῶν ἀνένεγκον ἐπὶ τὴν
πόλιν καὶ ἔνκλεισον ἵνα οἱ ἄρσενες ἀπολυθῶσιν, ὥστε νομίζω
εἰ μὴ μωρὰ μωροῖς τῇ αἰκίᾳ σου
περιπα…σιν· εἰ δὲ τὸ ἔργον ὁδεύει παρὰ σοὶ καὶ ἂν μὴ ἐκβῶσι ἀπαίτησον. γράψον μοι οὖν περὶ τούτου· ἡ γὰρ ψελλὶς τοῦ λάκκου μου ἔπεσεν καὶ …[…]ιλος με διώκει καὶ διὰ τὴν
ἀνάγκην ἐξέβην. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοις.
[v]
κυρίῳ μου υἱῷ Δωροθέῳ
Χαιρήμων
Χωοῦτος δηναρίων μυριάδες μ…
ὁμοίως δηναρίων μυριάδες χ .Translations (1)
To my lord son Dorotheos,
Chairemon.
The guard Barousis met me and told me he was with you, and I questioned him about the men from Tampemou, since I looked for the village headmen in the city and did not find them except only the two who are locked up, and I thought they had gone out (to the village), and I questioned him and he said they were not with you. So if you learn that they have not gone out but are still in the city, and if you learn the reason why they have not gone out, and whether this is the excuse, that because I locked up two they would not go out unless the others were released, bring their wives up to the city and lock them up so that the men may be released, so that I think, unless they are fools, they will [...] by your ill-treatment (?); but if the work is proceeding with you, even if they do not go out, make the demand. So write to me about this. For the vault (?) of my cistern fell in and [...]ilos is pressing me, and out of necessity I went out. I pray for your health for many years.
[verso]
To my lord son Dorotheos,
Chairemon.
Of Choous, 40[...] myriads of denarii;
likewise, 600 (?) myriads of denarii.
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Oxyrhynchus
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 33719 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;48;3409 tier-1
- HGV-Text 33719 tier-1
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