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p.bagnall.12 Xeron Pelagos
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Letter from Aphroditous to Boubas asking for documents and supplies. A private letter, probably on an ostracon, from a woman named Aphroditous to her 'brother' Boubas at the Eastern Desert station of Xeron Pelagos. She asks him to send some documents safely and to buy and send whatever supplies he can find, since they are in difficulty because there is no conductor (supply contractor), and she sends greetings to Komon. machine translation
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TM 219291.
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- Conductor praesidii HGV-meta Xeron Pelagos115
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
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· Greek
Transcription
Ἀφροδιτοῦς Βουβᾶτι τῶι
ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. καθὼς ἠρώτηκά σε περὶ τῶν γραμματίων, σπουδάσῃς μοι πέμψαι, κύριε, ἀσφαλῶς. παρακληθεὶς δέ, ὅ τι ἂν εὕρῃς
παρὰ σοί, ἀγόρασόν μοι καὶ
πέμψον διὰ τὸ θλίβεσθαι ἡμᾶς ἐνθάδε · οὐ
γὰρ ἔστιν κονδούκτωρ. ἀσπάζου Κόμωνα πολλὰ καὶ μετάδος αὐτῷ μή
μου ἐπιλαθέσθαι.
ἔρρωσο.Translations (1)
Aphrodite (?) to Boubas her brother, greetings. As I asked you about the documents, please be eager to send them to me, lord, safely. And please, whatever you find where you are, buy it for me and send it, because we are hard pressed here; for there is no conductor. Greet Komon warmly and tell him not to forget me.
Farewell.
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Xeron Pelagos
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 219291 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.bagnall;;12 tier-1
- HGV-Text 219291 tier-1
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