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p.oxy.56.3870 VI - VIIOxyrhynchos

Justus to George via HGV-meta

Letter from the imprisoned clerk Justus to his master George asking for money. A letter from Justus, a chartularius (clerk), to his master George, reporting that he and his companions were arrested at Thmoinepsi and jailed at Herakleopolis. Starving and having sold their clothes, they beg George to have the rent-collector Paomis send them one solidus from their monthly pay. Written at Oxyrhynchus in the 6th or 7th century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] χμγ ☧ ἵνα μάθῃ ὁ ἐμὸς ἀγαθὸς δεσπότης ὅτι οὐκ ἐμάθομεν. ἐπίασαν ἡμᾶς ἐν τῇ Θμοινέψι καὶ ἔλαβον ἡμᾶς ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ τῆς Ἡρακλεοπολιτῶν. νῦν δὲ παρακαλοῦμεν τὴν ὑμετέραν μεγαλοπρέπειαν ἵνα ζητῆσαι περὶ τῶν ὑμετέρων δούλων, ὅτι ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ ἐσμὲν καὶ μὴ ἔχομεν τίποτε προσφάγιν καὶ μέχρι τῶν ἱματίων ἡμῶν ἐπωλήσαμεν αὐτά. νῦν παρακαλοῦμεν κελεῦσαι παρακαλέσαι τὸν δεσπότην ἡμῶν ἵνα κρατῆσαι Παῶμιν τὸν ἐνοικολόγον ἵνα πέμψαι ἡμῖν ἓν ὁλοκοττίνιον ἐκ τῶν μηνιαίων ἡμῶν ἵνα μὴ ἀποθνῄσκωμεν ἀπὸ πείνης, ἐπειδὴ μὴ ἔχομεν ἐλπίδας εἰ μὴ θεὸν πρῶτον καὶ τὴν ὑμετέραν μεγαλοπρέπειαν [v] ☧ δεσπότῃ …ων ππ μεγαλοπρεπεστάτῳ τιμῆς ἀξίῳ κυρίῳ Γεωργίῳ Ἰοῦστος ὁ χαρτουλάριος ὑμέτερος δοῦλος †

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] 643 ☧ So that my good master may know that we did not learn (?). They seized us at Thmoinepsi and took us into the prison of the Herakleopolites. Now we beg your magnificence to make inquiry about your servants, because we are in prison and have nothing to eat, and we have sold even our clothes. Now we beg you to order that our master be asked to hold Paomis the rent-collector, so that he may send us one solidus from our monthly allowances, so that we do not die of hunger, since we have no hope except God first and your magnificence. [verso] ☧ To my master […] most magnificent, worthy of honour, lord George, Justus the chartularius, your servant †

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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