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p.oxy.48.3417 IVOxyrhynchos

Letter from Maximus to Papnuthis and Dorotheus via HGV-meta

Letter from Maximos to Papnouthios and Dorotheos about a debt. A private letter from Maximos to his brothers Papnouthios and Dorotheos, complaining that their brother Ammonios harasses him daily over a debt they owe. Maximos, who says he has paid money on their behalf for three years, threatens to go to the city and have them forced to pay everything at once unless they settle. It was written at Oxyrhynchus in the 4th century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[ctr] κυρίοις μου ἀδελφοῖς Παπνουτίῳ καὶ Δωροθέῳ Μάξιμος. θαυμάζω ὑμᾶς ὑπὲρ τὴν πολλὴν πῶς ἀφίετε τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν Ἀμμώνιον ἐνοχλεῖν μοι καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν περὶ τοῦ πράγματος ἐκείνου. οὔτε οὐκ ἐποιήσατε αὐτὸ διὰ τὸν Θεὸν οὔτε οὐκ αἰσθάνετε ἀνθρώποις, ἀλλʼ ἀφήκατέ μοι θλίβεσθαι ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐγὼ ἔχω μου τὰς κάκας. οὐκ ἀφήκατέ μοι μετʼ αὐτάς; καὶ ἂν ὣς τὸ λοιπὸν αἰδέσθητε, δότε τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τὰ αὑτοῦ. μὰ τὴν γὰρ θείαν πρόνοιαν ἐὰν μὴ διαλύσεσθε πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ ἀφῆτέ μοι θλίβεσθαι ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ ἀναβαίνω ἐπὶ τῆς πόλεως καὶ ποιῶ ὑμᾶς ἀπαιτηθῆναι τὸ πᾶν εἰς μίαν ῥοπήν. οὐκ αἰδεῖσθε ὑμεῖς ὅτι τρία ἔτη σήμερον ἐγὼ χορηγῶ διάφορον ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν, τὸ οὔκ ἐστιν δίκαιον παρὰ Θεῷ καὶ ἀνθρώποις; τριῶν ἡμε- [ms] ρῶν γὰρ σήμερον διακατέχει με ἐπὶ τῆς κώμης καὶ τοσαῦτα αὐτῷ απ…γητε…ετηνα…[…]μην ταύτην. ἔρχεται γὰρ πρὸς ὑμᾶς. μὴ ἀφῆτε αὐτὸν ἄλλοτε ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ἐμέ. [ctr] ἐρρῶσθαι ὑμᾶς εὔχομαι.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
To my lords brothers Papnouthios and Dorotheos, Maximos. I am exceedingly surprised at you, how you let our brother Ammonios bother me every day about that matter. You neither did it for God's sake nor do you have feeling for people, but you have left me to be oppressed by him. And I have my own troubles. Did you not leave me (alone) after them? Even so, at least from now on have some shame, and give the man what is his. For by divine providence, if you do not settle with him and you leave me to be oppressed by him, I am going up to the city and I will have you made to pay the whole amount at one stroke. Are you not ashamed that for three years now I have been supplying money on your behalf, which is not just before God and men? For three days now he has been detaining me in the village, and so much to him […] this […]. For he is coming to you. Do not let him come to me another time. I pray for your health.

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