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p.abinn.43 ca. 348 - 351Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)
Letter of Abinnaeus to Menas and friends demanding payment of debts. Letter from Flavius Abinnaeus, commander at Dionysias, to Menas, another Menas, Apollos and other friends, urging them to pay what they owe to his brothers and son. He itemizes the debt: dates, barley, maintenance costs at Narmouthis and wool, reckoned in talents and denarii. It dates to about AD 348-351, probably from Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome. machine translation
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- (untitled record) HGV-meta Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)ca. 348 - 351
- p.lond.2.248 DDbDP-text Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)ca. 348 - 351
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Μηνᾷ π…ων
καὶ ἄλλῳ Μηνᾷ καὶ Ἀπολλῶτι καὶ
πᾶσι τοῖς φίλοις Ἀβιννέως
χαίρειν.
σπουδάσατε συμπληρῶσαι τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς μου καὶ τῷ υἱῷ μου
εἴ τι ὀφείλετε ἀπὸ τοῦ λόγου.
ἀλλὰ μὴ ἀμελήσατε δοῦναι εἴ
τι ὀφείλετε ἀπὸ τοῦ λόγου φοινίκων
ἀρταβῶν τεσσεράκοντα πέντε,
ἑκάστης ἀρτάβης πρὸς τάλαντα δεκαπέντε, γίνεται ὁμοῦ τῶν
φοινίκων τάλαντα χοε, καὶ κριθῆς ἀρταβῶν
τριῶν, ἑκάστης ἀρτάβης τάλαντα
τριάκοντα, ὁμοῦ τάλαντα ἐνενήκοντα, καὶ τροφεῖα ἐν Ναρμούθι τάλαντα κη καὶ εἰς λόγον ἐρίων
λιτρῶν […] τάλαντα τεσσεράκοντα
μυριάδες ἑκατὸν τεσσεράκοντα
γίνονται ὁμοῦ τοῦ παντὸς δηναρίων μυριάδες διακόσιαι πεντήκοντα ἐννέα .Translations (1)
To my lord brother Menas […] and the other Menas and Apollos and all the friends, from Abinnaeus, greetings.
Hasten to pay in full to my brothers and to my son whatever you owe on the account.
But do not neglect to give whatever you owe on the account of dates, 45 artabas, each artaba at 15 talents, total for the dates 675 talents; and of barley 3 artabas, each artaba 30 talents, total 90 talents; and maintenance (?) at Narmouthis 28 talents; and on account of wool, […] pounds, 40 talents, 1,400,000 (?) […]; total of everything 2,590,000 denarii.
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Philadelphia (Arsinoites)
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 10033 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.abinn;;43 tier-1
- HGV-Text 10033 tier-1
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