Letter from Victor to George
Cf. P.Oxy. XVI 1844. A short letter requesting that a man who was being sent with his account might be treated with consideration.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 37851
Letter from Victor to the comes George on behalf of the son of Abraamios TM 37851Oxyrhynchus6th or 7th century
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A short Byzantine letter from Victor, who acts as deputy for a landowner, to the comes George. Victor sends the son of Abraamios with his receipts and asks George to settle the man's account quickly and fairly and to protect him from the chartularii and others.
In English machine translation
[recto]
[…]
† Look, I have sent the son of Abraamios from Klaudianos (?) with his pittakia (receipts), and may your genuine brotherliness settle his account, and release him promptly without distortion (?), and not allow the chartularii or anyone else to wrong him. †
[verso]
† To my lord in all things, most illustrious, worthy of honour, genuine friend and brother, George, comes. † Victor, with God, antigeouchos.
An antigeouchos was a deputy of the landowner (geouchos) on a large estate. Chartularii were record-keeping clerks; pittakia were small documents such as receipts or vouchers.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter from Victor to George). 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.oxy.16.1845
[r] π…[…]…[…]…ρου… † ἰδοὺ ἔπεμψα τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ Ἀβρααμίου τοῦ ἀπὸ Κλαυδιανοῦ μετὰ τῶν πιττακίων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ποιήσῃ τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ ἡ ὑμετέρα γνησία ἀδελφότης, καὶ συντόμως ἀπολύσῃ αὐτὸν ἀδιαστρόφως, καὶ μὴ συνχωρήσῃ τοῖς χαρτουλαρίοις ἢ ἄλλῳ τινὶ ἀδικῆσαι αὐτόν. † [v] † δεσπότῃ τὰ π…