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p.apoll.38
De Platon: pour un prêt de trois calfats via HGV-meta
Letter from Platon to the pagarch about caulkers demanded by the amir. A letter from Platon to the pagarch of Apollonopolis Ano (Upper Apollonopolis, Edfu) about caulkers demanded by the amir, the Arab governor. Platon complains of threatening letters, notes that some of the five men sent were really a shoemaker and embroiderers rather than caulkers, and asks that three caulkers be sent to him at once. machine translation
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Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
† ὄντως εἰ οιδε[…]λ[…] Λάτων……[…]
τοῦ πανευφήμου ἀμιρᾶ περὶ τῶν καλαφατῶν νομίζω […]
τοιαῦτα ἀπειλητικὰ γράμματα ἐδεξάμην περὶ τ[…]
καὶ εἰ ἦν δυνατὸν ει… ἀνελθεῖν […] ἵνα μάθῃ ὅτι ἐκ τῶν πέντε
καλαφατῶν τῶν πεμφθέντων παρʼ ἐμοῦ[…]… ὁ εἷς
ὅτι καλιγάριός ἐστιν καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι δύο ὅτι πλουμάριοι εἰσιν[…]
εἰς τοιαύτην πῆξιν, καὶ δύνασθε βαστάξαι τ[…]
ἀμιρᾶ. οὐκοῦν δύο ψυχὰς ἔχετε. ἵνα οὖν μὴ πολλὰ γράψω περὶ τῶν τριῶν καλαφατῶν[…]
πέμψατέ μοι σχεδόν, ἵνα καταλάβωσιν δι[…]
ὑπὲρ μισθαρίου ε[…]
[v]
[…] παγάρχῳ Ἀπόλλωνος Ἄνω † Πλάτων †
περὶ καλαφατῶνTranslations (1)
[recto]
† Truly if […] Platon (?) […]
of the all-praiseworthy amir concerning the caulkers, I think […]
I received such threatening letters concerning […]
and if it were possible […] to go up […] so that he may learn that of the five
caulkers sent by me […] the one
because he is a shoemaker and the other two because they are embroiderers […]
for such construction (?), and are you able to bear […]
amir? So then you have two souls! So, that I may not write much, concerning the three caulkers […]
send them to me at once, so that they may reach […]
for wages […]
[verso]
[To …] pagarch of Apollonopolis Ano † Platon †
concerning caulkers
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 39099 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.apoll;;38 tier-1
- HGV-Text 39099 tier-1
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