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p.abinn.9 ca. 346Alexandria
Letter from Demetrios to Abinnaeus about seizing smuggled natron. A letter from Demetrios to Aminnaios (Abinnaeus), commander (praepositus) of the fort at Dionysias, repeating an earlier request that he seize any natron being smuggled through the Arsinoite nome, since natron was a state monopoly. Demetrios asks for news to be sent to his people at Terenouthis or Alexandria; it dates to about AD 346. machine translation
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TM 16866.
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- chrest.wilck.322 DDbDP-text Alexandriaca. 346
- (untitled record) HGV-meta Alexandriaca. 346
- p.lond.2.231 DDbDP-text Alexandriaca. 346
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Ἀμινναίῳ
Δημήτριος.
καὶ διʼ ἑτέρων γραμμάτων ἐδήλωσα τῇ εὐγενείᾳ σου
ὥστε ὅσα νίτρα καταλαμβάνεις εἴτε διὰ Μαρεωτῶν εἴτε
διὰ Αἰγυπτίων κατερχόμενα ἐν τῇ Ἀρσινοειτῶν ἢ καὶ
ἐν ἑτέροις τόποις ταῦτα ἐπέχειν, καὶ νομίζω μὴ δεδέχθαι
σε τὰ γράμματα, οὐδὲ γὰρ ἔσχον παρὰ τῆς εὐγενείας σου
περὶ τῆς ὑποθέσεως ταύτης γράμματα. καὶ νῦν δὲ διὰ
τοῦ ἡμετέρου παιδὸς Σαραπίωνος ἀνερχομένου ἐν τῇ Ὀάσει
τὰ αὐτὰ δηλῶ ἵνα μετὰ πάσης ἐπιεικείας τὴν φρουρὰν
τῶν ταμιακῶν νίτρων ποιήσῃ καὶ πάντας ὅσους καταλαμβάνεις ἐπίσχῃς μετὰ καὶ τῶν κτηνῶν αὐτῶν. σπούδαζε
δὲ δηλοῦν ἡμῖν ἢ ἐν τῇ Τερενούθει τοῖς ἡμετέροις ἢ
ἐν τῇ Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ, καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ κέλευε περὶ ὧν ἐὰν βούλῃ,
κύριε ἄδελφε, ἵνα καὶ ἡμεῖς τὰ κελευόμενα παρὰ τῆς διαθέσεώς σου μετὰ πάσης προθυμίας ὑπουργῶμεν. ἐρρῶσθαι
σε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοις,
κύριε ἄδελφε.
Τῦβι α
[v]
κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Ἀμινναίῳ πραιποσίτῳ
ΔημήτριοςTranslations (1)
[recto]
To my lord brother Aminnaios,
Demetrios.
In another letter too I informed your nobility that whatever natron you find coming down, whether through Mareotes or through Egyptians, in the Arsinoite nome or in other places, you should hold it back; and I think you have not received the letter, for I have had no letter from your nobility about this matter. And now through our servant Sarapion, who is going up to the Oasis, I report the same things, so that he may keep guard with all fairness over the treasury natron, and that you may detain all those whom you find, together with their animals. Make haste to inform us, either our people at Terenouthis or in Alexandria, and do you yourself give orders about whatever you wish, lord brother, so that we too may carry out with all eagerness what is ordered by your disposition. I pray that you are well for many years,
lord brother.
Tybi 1
[verso]
To my lord brother Aminnaios, praepositus,
Demetrios
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 16866 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.abinn;;9 tier-1
- HGV-Text 16866 tier-1
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