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p.oxy.55.3793 340Oxyrhynchos

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Letter to the logistes requesting a craftsman to plaster the fort at Psobthis. An official letter of AD 340 from Oxyrhynchus, in which an officer commissioned by the dux Flavius Valacius to inspect the forts of the province reports to the logistes of the Oxyrhynchite nome that the walls of the fort at Psobthis need plastering. Since the garrison has no craftsman, he asks the logistes to send one for a few days. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[…] Μεσορὴ ιβ. Φλάουϊος[…]……[…] λογιστῇ […] Ὀξυρυγχίτου χαίρειν. ἐπεὶ μὲν ἡ τοῦ κυρίου μου τοῦ διασημοτάτου δουκὸς ΦλαουΐουΟὐαλακίου ἐξουσία τῇ ἐμῇ μετριότητι ἐκέλευσεν ὅλα τὰ κάστρα τὰ ὄντα ἐπὶ τῆσδε τῆς ἐπαρχείου ἐπιθεωρῆσαὶ με καὶ οἱασδήποτε ἐπισκευῆς ἢ ἀνανεώσεως λιπεῖν τινα κάστρα εὕροιμι […]ίας τινὸς εἰς γνῶσιν αὐτοῦ ἀνενεγκεῖν, ἐπιθεωρήσας δὲ καὶ τὰ κάστρα Ψώβθεως ὑπὸ Ἡρακλειανὸν ἔπαρχον εὗρον[…] τὰ τείχη κονιάσεως δέεσθαι, διεβεβαιώσαντο δὲ τεχνίτην […] μὴ ἔχειν, διὸ γραφῆναι τῇ σῇ ἀγχινοίᾳ ἀναγκαῖον ἐνόμισα ἵνα[…]…τον τεχνίτην πρὸς ὀλίγας ἡμέρας μετὰ […] ἐπείκτου ἀποστείλῃς αὐτοῖς κατὰ τὴν προτέραν […]… πρὸς τὸ μηδεμίαν πρόφασιν […]τοις περὶ τούτου δυνηθείη. opto bene ualeas per multos annos […]viris clarissimis consulibus.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[…] Mesore 12. Flavius […] to […] logistes (curator) of the Oxyrhynchite, greetings. Since the authority of my lord the most eminent dux Flavius Valacius ordered my humble self to inspect all the forts that are in this province, and, if I should find any forts lacking any repair or renovation whatsoever, to bring […] to his knowledge, and since, having inspected also the forts of Psobthis under Heraclianus the prefect, I found […] the walls in need of plastering, and they affirmed that they have no craftsman […], I therefore thought it necessary to write to your sagacity so that you may send them […] craftsman for a few days with […] a courier (?) in accordance with the earlier […] so that no excuse […] about this may be able […]. (Latin) I pray that you fare well for many years. […] the most illustrious consuls.

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