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Letter from Victor to George about a theft of gold at Pinuris TM 37859Oxyrhynchus6th or 7th century

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A letter from Victor, an illustris and deputy landowner (antigeouchos), to George, chartularius and estate manager, about a theft. People from the village of Thmoinepsobthis raided Pinuris during a festival and stole the money container of the estate's pronoetes, holding nearly 30 solidi; Victor reports the steps taken to investigate and recover the gold. It dates to the 6th or 7th century AD, from Oxyrhynchus.

In English machine translation

† I find that with countless circuits (?) the people from Pinuris are keeping guard because of the people from Thmoinepsobthis and their guards (paraphylakes). For they burst into the village at the time of the festival (?) and stole the balance (?) of their pronoetes, which held a little under 30 solidi. And see, I have sent the assistant himself to her together with a younger man called Alexander, so that he may bring them before Kephalas and they may put the pronoetes under seal (?). For the dominical official (despotikos) has also sent someone who is to bring the headmen of Thmoinepsobthis until the whole matter is investigated. And if he is able to send the tribune or the senior headman there, or if you remain there in person, it is impossible that the gold will not be found. † [verso] † To my master, in all things most illustrious, worthy of all honour, true brother George, chartularius and dioiketes, † Victor, illustris, with God's help antigeouchos †

The pronoetes was an estate administrator of a large household; the word rendered 'balance' (zygin) may mean a purse or money box. 'Xenia' here is understood as a festival or hospitality occasion, but the sense 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 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.

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Letter from Victor to George

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · uninventoried · 6th or 7th century · Oxyrhynchus

Cf. P.Oxy. XVI 1844. A letter relating to the investigation of a theft of money from a pronoetes at the village of Pinuris. The theft had occurred during a raid by some people from the village of Thmoinepsobthis on the occasion of a local festival.

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p.oxy.16.1853

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

[r] † εὑρίσκω ὅτι μετὰ μυρίων κύκλων οἱ ἀπὸ Πινύρεως ἔχουσι φυλακὴν διὰ τοὺς ἀπὸ Θμοινεψώβθεως καὶ τοὺς παραφύλακας αὐτῶν. ἔβαλον γὰρ εἰς κώμην εἰς τὴν ξενίαν καὶ ἔκλεψαν τὸ ζύγιν τοῦ προνοητοῦ αὐτῶν ἔχον κάτω καὶ τριάκοντα νομίσματα· καὶ ἰδοὺ αὐτὸν τὸν βοηθὸν ἔπεμψα αὐτῇ μετὰ κα…