My .02 on the tenure at academies story:
Most government civil servants are GS, but academy professors are administratively determined (AD).
That means even after years of outstanding service a grant of tenure to an AD is still weaker than what a GS has after 3 years.
![Text of P.Oxy. 1 119 and image via the Bodleian: Θέων Θέωνι τῷ πατρὶ χαίρειν.
καλῶς ἐποίησες(*) οὐκ ἀπενηχες(*) με μετε ἐ-
σοῦ (*)εἰς πόλιν. ἠ(*) οὐ θέλις(*) ἀπενεκκεῖν(*) <με> με-
τὲ(*) σοῦ εἰς Ἀλεξάνδριαν οὐ μὴ γράψω σε(*) ἐ-
5πιστολὴν οὔτε λαλῶ σε(*) οὔτε υἱγενω(*) σε,
εἶτα ἂν δὲ ἔλθῃς εἰς Ἀλεξάνδριαν οὐ
μὴ λάβω χειραν(*) παρὰ [σ]οῦ οὔτε πάλι χαίρω
σε λυπόν(*). ἂμ(*) μὴ θέλῃς ἀπενέκαι(*) μ[ε]
ταῦτα γε[ί]νετε(*). καὶ ἡ μήτηρ μου εἶπε Ἀρ̣-
10χελάῳ ὅτι ἀναστατοῖ μὲ(*) ἄρρον(*) αὐτόν.
καλῶς δὲ ἐποίησες(*) δῶρά μοι ἔπεμψε[ς](*)
μεγάλα ἀράκια πεπλάνηκαν ἡμως ἐκε[ῖ](*)
τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ιβ ὅτι ἔπλευσες(*). λυπὸν(*) πέμψον εἴ[ς]
με παρακαλῶ σε. ἂμ(*) μὴ πέμψῃς οὐ μὴ φά-
15γω, οὐ μὴ πείνω(*)· ταῦτα.
ἐρῶσθέ(*) σε εὔχ(ομαι).
Τῦβι ιη.
v
ἀπόδος Θέωνι [ἀ]π̣ὸ Θεωνᾶτος υἱῶ(*).
Apparatus
^ r.2. l. ἐποίησας
^ r.2. l. ἀπενέγκας
^ r.2-3. l. μετʼ, BL 1.316 : μετὰ σοῦ prev. ed.
^ r.3. l. εἰ
^ r.3. l. θέλεις
^ r.3. l. ἀπενεγκεῖν
^ r.3-4. l. με |τὰ
^ r.4. l. σοι
^ r.5. l. σοι
^ r.5. l. ὑγιαίνω
^ r.7. l. χεῖρα
^ r.8. l. λοιπόν
^ r.8. l. ἂν
^ r.8. l. ἀπενέγκαι
^ r.9. l. γίνεται
^ r.10. l. μὴ
^ r.10. l. αἴρων
^ r.11. l. ἐποίησας
^ r.11. l. ἔπεμψας
^ r.12. l. ἡμᾶς, πεπλανηκανημ̣ω̣σεκε[ -ca.?- ] prev. ed.
^ r.13. l. ἔπλευσας
^ r.13. l. λοιπὸν, λύρον (l. λύραν) prev. ed.
^ r.14. l. ἂν
^ r.15. l. πίνω
^ r.16. l. ἐρρῶσθαί
^ v.1. l. υἱοῦ
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HGV 28410 Translation (English) [xml]
(Translation: from P.Oxy. 1) Theon to his father Theon, greeting. It was a fine thing of you not to take me with you to the city! If you won't take me with you to Alexandria I won't write you a letter or speak to you or say goodbye to you; and if you go to Alexandria I won't take your hand nor ever greet you again. That is what will happen if you won't take me. Mother said to Archelaus, “It quite upsets him to be left behind(?).” It was good of you to …](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:byohyhodi6iknxngf3oypcge/bafkreidsywcnsm7jdvpoc4kxdrtnhjzehhsbyi3nlnzw3abpzaa2xijwdm)
