Fragment of a petition
Fragment of a petition addressed to Fl. Marianos the dux of the Thebaid, from Maximinus, a monk from the monastery of Saint Jeremiah at Antaiou. Belongs to the archive of Dioscoros.
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Petition of the monk Maximinus to the duke of the Thebaid TM 18983Antinoopolis (?)c.AD 566-70
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Fragment of a petition from Maximinus, a monk of the monastery of Apa Jeremias at Antaiou, to the duke and augustalis of the Thebaid. He appears to complain of being wronged and insulted in a matter involving 12 gold solidi, and asks the governor for pity and redress.
In English machine translation
† Christ, Mary, Gabriel (?)
[To …] Gabrielius Theodorus Constantinus Julianus Martyrius Athanasius, the most glorious general, [… duke] and augustalis of the Thebaid for the 2nd time, entreaty and supplication from Maximinus,
[…] wretched monk, living in the holy monastery of the most holy father Apa Jeremias in Antaiou.
[…] our universal master the emperor has chosen your auspicious magnificence
[…] and has deigned by decree that your glorious magnificence should govern […]
[…] the wretched Thebaid, to set it right and its inhabitants who have fallen headlong.
[…] knowing this precisely, falling at your untouchable footsteps […] wishing
[…] my affair, which stands in this way […]
[…]
[…] but nevertheless also […] according to my fortune
[…] my […] I call the Lord God as witness that truthfully
[…] from me […] to provide for this 12 gold solidi […]
[…] and […] to the poor and to my monastery and […]
[…] and this most precious […] and to give all that I have
[…]
[…] he did to me with insult; wherefore of necessity I have run to
[…] so that, if it please you, you may take pity on me and grant me redress, so that the
[…] of your glorious benevolence towards the Lord God a supplication
[…] to grant to your children […] to be increased […] to them in mercy and compassion.
[…] for the aforesaid […] owe […] your account until
[…]
[…] the time of my life, master, glorious lord, most magnificent ex-consul, all-praiseworthy.
The opening 'χμγ' is a common Christian symbol, often read as 'Christ born of Mary'. One record names the addressee as Flavius Marianos, while the edition restores a long string of names including Athanasius; it belongs to the archive of Dioskoros of Aphrodito.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment d’une requête). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.cair.masp.1.67007
† χμγ […]Γαβριηλίῳ Θεοδώρῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ Ἰουλιανῷ Μαρτυρίῳ Ἀθανασίῳ τῷ ἐνδοξοτάτῳ στρατηλάτῃ […]δουκὶ καὶ αὐγουσταλίῳ τῆς Θηβαίων χώρας τὸ β. δέησις καὶ ἱκεσία παρὰ Μαξιμίνου […]ἐλεείνου μονάζοντος, καταμένοντος ἐν τῷ ὁσίῳ κοινοβίῳ τοῦ ὁσιωτάτου πατρὸς ἄπα Ἱερημίου ἐν τῇ Ἀνταίου [……