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p.amh.2.136 196 - 198 (?)Oxyrhynchos
Letter of Apion via HGV-meta
Letter from Apion in Alexandria to his son Horion, gymnasiarch of Oxyrhynchus. A private letter from Apion, writing from Alexandria, to his son Horion, gymnasiarch of Oxyrhynchus. He sends greetings and prayers to Sarapis, trusts Horion to manage the estates and especially their irrigation, and gives instructions about wine jars; the end is lost. machine translation
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TM 21701.
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- Letter of Apion HGV-meta Oxyrhynchos196 - 198 (?)
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
Ἀπίων Ὡρίωνι τῶι
υἱῶι χαίρειν.
γενόμενος τῇ κθ ἕωθεν ἐν τῇ
Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ γράφω σοι, τέκνον,
ἀσπαζόμενός σε καὶ τὴν ἀδελφήν σου, καὶ τὸ προσκύνημα ὑμῶν
ποιῶ καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν παρὰ
τῷ κυρίῳ Σαράπιδι. περὶ τῶν παρὰ
σοὶ ἔργων ἀμεριμνῶ εἰδὼς ὅτι ἐν
οὐδενὶ ἐνλείψεις τῶν κατεπειγόντων, ἐξαιρέτως τῶν ποτισμῶν
τῶν κτημάτων. τῷ μετεωριδίῳ ἐνχειροῦμεν· περὶ γὰρ τοῦ
καθʼ ἡμᾶς μέχρι τούτου οὐδὲν ἔπραξα. ἐὰν τὰ παρὰ Νιννάρῳ οἰνάρια
μ[…]…η δύνασαι ἐκ τῶν κατε[…] ὑπὸ χεῖρα αὐτῷ ποιῆσαι
…ε…κη[…]ναι, δώσεις δὲ καὶ Πλου[…]ι…ωμ[…]…[…] ἑκατὸν κεραμίων
[…]…[…]… ϛ ἣ δευτέρας, ἵνα ἔχῃ αὐτὰ εἰς τὰ παρʼ αὐτῷ ἀναλώματα
ἀμερίμνως εἰς πρᾶσιν ἐὰν ᾗ τὰ πα[…]
[…]ωσας, τὸν γὰρ λόγον μ[…]
[…]κατηγορεῖ …κ[…]
[…]ασαι ε[…]δ[…]
[…]πας τοῦ επ[…]
[…]…ες…[…]
[… ? lines lost …]
[v]
Ὡρίωνι γυμνασιάρχῳ τῆς Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν πόλεως παρὰ Ἀπίωνος.Translations (1)
[recto]
Apion to Horion his son, greetings.
Having arrived at dawn on the 29th in Alexandria, I write to you, my child, greeting you and your sister, and I make obeisance for you every day before the lord Sarapis. About the work in your charge I have no worry, knowing that you will neglect nothing of what is urgent, especially the irrigation of the estates. We are taking in hand the small matter in suspense (?); for about our own affair I have done nothing up to now. If the cheap wines at Ninnaros' place […] you can from the […] put at his disposal […], and you will also give to Plou[…] […] one hundred jars […] 6 or of second quality, so that he may have them for his expenses […] without worry for sale, if the […] […] for the account […] accuses […] […] […] […]
[… ? lines lost …]
[verso]
To Horion, gymnasiarch of the city of the Oxyrhynchites, from Apion.
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Oxyrhynchus
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 21701 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.amh;2;136 tier-1
- HGV-Text 21701 tier-1
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