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chrest.wilck.177 272 - 275Memphis
Petition about acacia trees cut from an imperial vineyard. A petition from Aurelius Aretion, manager of a confiscated estate now belonging to the imperial treasury, to the strategos Aurelius Besarion. He complains that the shipbuilder Patalas cut down and carried off two large acacia trees from an imperial vineyard plot, and asks that Patalas be summoned and an official sent to inspect the damage. It dates to the reign of Aurelian, AD 272-275, at Memphis. machine translation
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TM 19972.
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- (untitled record) HGV-meta Memphis272 - 275
- p.lond.2.214 DDbDP-text Memphis272 - 275
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Αὐρήλιος Ἀρητίων ἀπὸ τῆς
Μεμφιτῶν πόλεως[…]
προνοητὴς οὐσίας πρότερον Ἀνουβᾶ
γενομένου ὑπομνηματογράφου,
νυνὶ δὲ τοῦ ἱερωτάτου ταμιείου
Αὐρηλίῳ Βησαρίωνι στρατηγῷ
τοῦ νομοῦ τῷ φιλτάτῳ χαίρειν.
Παταλᾶς ναυπηγὸς χθὲς ἀλόγως
γενόμενος εἰς ἀμπελικὸν χωρίον καλούμενον Ἐλαιῶνα
τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Αὐτοκράτορος
Αὐρηλιανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ
ἀκανθέας δύο ζωφυτούσας
ὑπερμεγέθεις, ἃς ἐφύλαττον
διὰ τὰς ἀναγκαίαςχρείας
[…]ιων ἐκκόψας
[…]καὶ ἀπηνέγκατο
[…]λετο. τοῦτον οὖν
ἀξιῶ ἀχθῆναι καὶ ἱκανὰ
ἔνγραφα παρασχεῖν, μέλλω
γὰρ περὶ τούτου ἐντυχεῖν
τῶι μείζονι. ἀξιῶ δὲ
ὑπηρέτην ἀποταγῆναι
τὸν ἐποψόμενον τῆς ἐκκοπῆς τὴν διάθεσιν καὶ ἐνγράφως σοι προσφωνήσοντα.Translations (1)
Aurelius Aretion from the city of Memphis […], manager (pronoetes) of the estate formerly of Anoubas, former hypomnematographos, but now of the most sacred treasury, to Aurelius Besarion, strategos of the nome, his dearest, greetings.
Patalas, a shipbuilder, yesterday without reason went to the vineyard plot called Elaion of our lord Emperor Aurelianus Augustus and cut down two living acacia trees of very great size, which I was guarding for the necessary needs […], and carried them off […]. I therefore ask that this man be brought and provide sufficient written security, for I intend to petition the higher authority about him. And I ask that an assistant be assigned to inspect the state of the cutting and to report to you in writing.
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- TM-Text 19972 primary
- DDbDP-Text chrest.wilck;;177 tier-1
- HGV-Text 19972 tier-1
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