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p.oxy.49.3467 2. Sept. 98Oxyrhynchos
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Petition about the theft of eight sheep. Petition by Melas son of Hermogenes reporting that thieves broke through his courtyard wall and drove off eight sheep, whose dung he later found hidden in a shrine of the Dioskouroi beside the desert guards' watchtower, as he showed to the village police chief Ploution. Written by his father because Melas was illiterate, at Oxyrhynchus in AD 98. machine translation
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- Petition HGV-meta Oxyrhynchos2. Sept. 98
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
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· Greek
Transcription
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νος λῃστρικῷ τρόπῳ διορύξαντές τινες τὸ ἐν τῇ δημοσίᾳ ῥύμῃ τεῖχος τῆς αὐλῆς
καὶ εἰσελθόντες ἀπήλασάν μου
πρόβατα ὀκτώ . ἐπιζητοῦντος
δέ μου ταῦτα, εὗρον ἐν τῷ πρὸς
τῷ τῶν ἐρημοφυλάκων μαγδώλῳ ἱερῷ Διοσκούρων τὴν τούτων κόπρον ἐν τόπῳ τινὶ κρυπτῷ τοῦ ἱεροῦ, ἣν ἐπέδειξα τῷ
συνελθόντι μοι πρὸς τὴν ἐπιζήτησιν τῆς κώμης ἀρχεφόδῳ
Πλουτίωνι καὶ τοῖς ἐρημοφύλαξι.
διὸ ἀξιῶ, ἐὰν φαίνηται, διαλαβεῖν περὶ τοῦ πράγματος ὡς ἄν
σοι δόξῃ ἵνʼ ὦ βεβοηθημένος·
εὐτύχει. ἔτους δευτέρου
Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Νέρουα
Τραϊανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ
μηνὸς Σεβαστοῦ ε. Μέλας Ἑρμογένους
ἐπιδέδωκα. Ἑρμογένης Μέλανος ἔγραψα ὑπὲρ τοῦ υἱοῦ μου μὴ εἰδότος γράμματα.Translations (1)
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... certain persons, in the manner of robbers, dug through the wall of the courtyard on the public street and entered and drove off 8 of my sheep. While I was searching for them, I found their dung in the shrine of the Dioskouroi beside the watchtower of the desert guards, in a hidden place of the shrine, and I showed it to Ploution, chief of police of the village, who came with me for the search, and to the desert guards.
Therefore I ask, if it seems good, that you deal with the matter as you think fit, so that I may obtain help.
Farewell.
Year 2 of Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus, month Sebastos 5.
I, Melas son of Hermogenes, have submitted this. I, Hermogenes son of Melas, wrote on behalf of my son, who does not know letters.
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- TM-Text 15629 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;49;3467 tier-1
- HGV-Text 15629 tier-1
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