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p.abinn.5 ca. 346

Letter from Aetis to Abinnaeus about hay, wheat and a land dispute. Letter from Aetis, apparently a farm agent, to Flavius Abinnaeus, commander of the fort at Dionysias, around AD 346. He reports on unpaid deliveries listed in a brevium, an offer of wheat instead of hay, a dispute with villagers over land planted with vines, and asks for sacks and instructions about barley for workers at harvest. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] τῷ κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Ἀβινναίῳ Ἀέτις ἐν Θεῷ χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὁλοκληρεῖν παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν Θεῷ. γινώσκειν σε θέλω περὶ τοῦ βρεουίου ὅμοι δέδωκας οὐδείς μοι οὐδὲν τέθηκε. περὶ τοῦ χόρτου Πεειήου καὶ Εὐλογείου εἶπαν ὅτι οὐκ ἔχομεν χόρτον. ἐὰν οὖν θέλῃ σῖτον ἀντὶ τοῦ χόρτου δίδομεν. καὶ περὶ τῆς ἀρούρης τοῦ Μαλίτου ἔπηξαν μὲν ἕλικʼ ἀλλʼ ἀγρίαν καὶ οὐκ ἀφῆκαν οἱ κωμῆται λέγοντες ὅτι κωμητικόν ἐστιν. καὶ ἀπόστειλόν μοι τοὺς σάκκους ἵνα γομώσω τὸν σῖτον ἐπειδὴ ἐμφανίσθη. ἐὰν θελήσῃς δοῦναι ἐπὶ θερείανὀλίγα κριθάρια τοῖς ἡμῶν ἀνθρώποις γράψον μοι ἐν τάχει. ἀσπάζομαι πάντας τοὺς ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι. [v] καὶ τὰ …α ἀπόστειλον. τῷ κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Ἀβινναίῳ Ἀέτις.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] To my lord brother Abinnaeus, Aetis, greetings in God. Before all else I pray that you are in good health before our Lord God. I want you to know concerning the brevium (list) which you gave me: no one has deposited anything with me. Concerning the hay of Peeies and Eulogios, they said, "We have no hay. So if he wants, we give wheat instead of the hay." And concerning the aroura of Malitas (?), they planted vine-shoots, but wild ones, and the villagers did not allow it, saying that it is village land. And send me the sacks so that I may load the wheat, since it has appeared. If you want to give a little barley to our people for the harvest, write to me quickly. I greet all those in the house. I pray for your health. [verso] And send the […]. To my lord brother Abinnaeus, Aetis.

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