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p.oxy.6.904 2. Hälfte VOxyrhynchos
Petition to a Praeses via HGV-meta
Petition of Flavius to the governor for release from the office of riparius. A petition from an elderly man named Flavius to the provincial governor, complaining that the magistrianus Philoxenos broke his sworn promise to support him in the liturgy of riparius (police official). Abandoned and beaten daily for failures in the office, he asks to be released and for Philoxenos, the original holder, to be compelled to perform it. Oxyrhynchus, second half of the 5th century AD. machine translation
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- Petition to a Praeses HGV-meta Oxyrhynchos2. Hälfte V
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Transcription
παρὰ Φλαουίου.
ἡ τῆς ὑμετέρας δικαιοκρισίας καθαρότης πάντως καὶ ἐμὲ ἐλεήσει τὸν γεγηρακότα καὶ ἀσυνθηκεὶ διαπεπονθότα καὶ χλεύην παρὰ Φιλοξένου τοῦ καθωσιωμένου μαγιστριανοῦ.
οὗτος γὰρ λόγον ἐνωμότως μοι δεδωκὼς καὶ ἐπαγγειλάμενος ὡς πάντως ὅσαπερ ἐπιζητεῖται εἰς τὴν τοῦ ῥιπαρίου λειτουργίαν ἐκτὸς πάσης ὑπομνήσεως πληρώσει,
παρέχων μοι καὶ πρὸς βοήθειαν οἰκέτας τε καὶ συμμάχους καὶ ἄλλους τοὺς ὀφείλοντας τὴν παραφυλακὴν τῆς πόλεως ποιεῖσθαι, οὐ μόνον δὲ τοῦτο, ἀλλʼ εἰ καὶ συμβῇ ἀτόπημά τι γενέσθαι
αὐτὸν τὸ ἀζήμιον πληροῦν τοῖς τὴν βλάβην ὑπομένουσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ ἄλλα πάντα τὰ συντείνοντα εἰς τὴν λειτουργίαν ταύτην ἀποκαθιστᾶν· τούτων δὲ ὅλων ἐκτὸς γεγένηται
καὶ παρορῶν με τὸν ἄθλιον καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν μετεωριζόμενον σχοινίοις καὶ πληγαῖς κατακοπτόμενον κατὰ τὸ σῶμα, μὴ κεκτημένον μὴ ἀδελφὸν μὴ συνγενῆ μὴ
υἱὸν δυνάμενον ἅμα μοι συμπαθεῖν, ὡς λοιπὸν εἰς αὐτὸ τὸ τῆς σωτηρίας πνεῦμα δυστυχεῖν
με. ὅθεν τὰς ἱκεσίας προσφέρω τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ ἐξουσίᾳ ὥστε ἐμὲ μὲν ἐλευθερωθῆναι
τῆς τοιαύτης λειτουργίας, τὸν δὲ πρωτότυπον καταναγκάζεσθαι ἢ διʼ ἑαυτοῦ ἢ διὰ οἱουδήποτε προσώπου τὴν τοιαύτην λειτουργίαν ἐξανύσαι, ἐμοῦ ἀποταξαμένου καὶ μὴ
δυναμένου μηδαμῶς ὑπομένειν τὴν τοιαύτην ἀπαραίτητον καὶ φορτικωτάτην λειτουργίαν, ἵνα καὶ ἐγὼ τούτου τυχὼν εὐχαριστήσω ταῖς ἀκλινέσι ἀκοαῖς τῆς ὑμετέρας
ἐξουσίας, μεγαλοπρεπέστατε ἡμῶν ἡγεμὼν κύριε. †Translations (1)
From Flavius.
The purity of your justice will surely take pity on me too, an old man who has suffered, contrary to agreement, also mockery at the hands of Philoxenos the devoted magistrianus.
For he gave me his sworn word and promised that he would certainly fulfil, without any reminder, everything that is required for the liturgy of the riparius, providing me also, for assistance, with servants and allies (symmachoi) and others who are obliged to keep guard over the city; and not only this, but that if any outrage happened to occur, he himself would make good the loss to those suffering the damage, and would also furnish everything else pertaining to this liturgy. But he has departed from all of this, and disregards me, wretch that I am, every day hung up by ropes and cut to pieces with blows on my body, having neither brother nor kinsman nor son able to share my suffering, so that I am now in misfortune as to the very breath of life. Therefore I offer my supplications to your authority, that I may be freed from this liturgy, and that the original holder be compelled either himself or through any person whatever to discharge this liturgy, since I have renounced it and am in no way able to endure this inescapable and most burdensome liturgy, so that I, having obtained this, may give thanks to the unswerving ears of your authority, our most magnificent lord governor. †
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- TM-Text 35311 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;6;904 tier-1
- HGV-Text 35311 tier-1
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