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Letter from Ioannes to the notary Heraklios about wine from a disputed estate TM 35595Oxyrhynchosspätes V

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A letter from Ioannes to the notary Heraklios at Oxyrhynchus in the late 5th century AD. He asks Heraklios to ascertain and record the quantity of wine from a whole estate and leave it with the vinedressers until it is known who owns the land, doubting that anyone would dare to claim land belonging to the comes.

In English machine translation

[recto] From […] […] and even if I do not write to your disposition, it is not unaware that those who are with you happen to be capable and well-to-do, and that your admirableness does not carry the wine off with itself, this too is quite clear. Let your disposition therefore learn the quantity of the wine of the whole estate, and so let it make a note of it, and let it remain with the vinedressers until we find out to whom the land belongs. For I do not think those men are so reckless as even to lay claim to (?) land or an estate belonging to the comes. ⟦because they are capable of giving account also concerning it⟧ [verso] […] Deliver to my lord, most admirable brother […] Heraklios, notary, from Ioannes.

The comes (count) was a high-ranking official or landowner; 'your disposition' and 'your admirableness' are honorific forms of address. The verb rendered 'lay claim to' literally means 'uncover' or 'reveal', and its sense here is uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter to a Notary). 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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p.oxy.16.1833

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · spätes V · Oxyrhynchos

[r] παρὰ […] καὶ ἂν μὴ γράψω τῇ σῇ διαθέσει, οὐκ ἀγνοεῖ ὡς ὅτιπερ ἱκανοὶ τυγχάνουσι καὶ εὔποροι οἱ ὄντες πρὸς σέ, ὅτι δὲ οὐ μεθʼ ἑαυτῆς ἀναφέρει τὸν οἶνον ἡ σὴ θαυμασιότης καὶ τοῦτο εὔδηλον. μανθανέτω τοίνυν ἡ σὴ διάθεσις τὴν ποσότητα τοῦ οἴνου τοῦ παντὸς χωρίου καὶ οὕτω σημειωσά…