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Letter asking for intercession in a dispute over a penalty TM 35299Oxyrhynchos (?)V - VI

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A Christian letter, probably from Oxyrhynchus in the 5th or 6th century AD, in which the writer complains of suffering because of the addressees' orders and the anger of an illustrious lord. He asks the addressees to urge their learned brother to protect his rights in a judgment about a penalty, so that he is not fined unjustly, adding that the law is on his side.

In English machine translation

† The woman caring for you [...] whom you found for (your) household neglects you; your most illustrious lord is angry [...], and (says) that because of your orders I suffer these things [...] has a just claim against you. It is therefore for you, (my) companions, to urge your most wise brother to safeguard my rights in the judgment concerning the penalty and that I not be fined without reason. For I hope [in God that ...] [...] perhaps you will come [...] and that as [...] [...] and the law is on our side. †

The provenance is uncertain. 'Prostimon' means a contractual or legal penalty fine; the restoration 'companions' (symbiotai) is conjectural.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Epistula). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · V - VI · Oxyrhynchos (?)

† ἀμελεῖ ὑμῶν ἡ κηδεύουσα[…]η…εανδι ἣν εὕρετε εἰς δίαιταν· ὁ λαμπρότατος κύριος ὑμῶν ὀργίζει …[…]ως, καὶ ὅτι διὰ τὰς ὑμῶν κελεύσεις ταῦτα πάσχω ε…αχ […]να δίκαιον λόγον ἔχει πρὸς σέ· ὑμέτερον οὖν τῶν συμβιωτῶν ἐστιν τὸ παραινέσαι τῷ σοφωτάτῳ ὑμῶν ἀδελφῷ τὸ δίκαιόν μου φυλάξαι ἐν …