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p.alex.giss.48 Apollonopolites Heptakomias

Fragmentary letter about a purchase. Fragment of a private letter from the Apollonopolite Heptakomias nome in Egypt. The writer replies to the recipient's letter about a purchase, mentions prices of 2 and 30 drachmas, offers to do anything further needed, and asks how the recipient fared on a visit to a man's house. Women named Tanenteris and Selene are mentioned, probably in greetings. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[… ? lines lost …] […]… απο[…]…[…]ουχαρι[…] […]…ς οἰκίας […]λειμαι γὰρ […] ἐμαρτύρ[…] […]ν γεγράφηκάς μοι περὶ ἁδροῦ μετεώρου […] […]ηκάσι…οι ἀπὸ τῆς τιμῆς δραχμὰς δύο καὶ λείαν […] ἠγόρακα δὲ δραχμῶν τριάκοντα […]ηκάσιν μοι ἄδολον. ἐὰν χρεία ἄλλου τινὸς γένηταί σοιγράψον μοι καὶ εὐθέως ποιήσω. λέγε, ἀβάσκαντε,[…]πῶς ἀπέλθες εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν πρὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον […]…[…]α[…] Τανεντῆριν καὶ Σελήνην […]…ου…[…] [… ? lines lost …]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[…] […] from […] … thank (?) […] […] of the house […] for I am […] testified (?) […] […] you have written to me about coarse (?) unsold (?) […] […] have … from the price 2 drachmas and fine […] and I have bought it for 30 drachmas […] they have … to me unadulterated. If you have need of anything else, write to me and I will do it at once. Tell me, dear one whom the evil eye may not touch, […] how you went to the house to the man […] Tanenteris and Selene […] […]

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