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p.berl.zill.11 III
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Letter from Maximianus to his father Apion about oil, money and purple. A private letter from Aurelius Maximianus to his father Aurelius Apion about business troubles: a man and one Plotion have failed to hand over oil, wine, money and a donkey. He asks his father to write to the man and to send purple dye or wool by the pack animals, including some for Herakleides. machine translation
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Transcription
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Αὐρήλιος Μαξιμιανὸς Αὐρηλίῳ Ἀπίωνι
τῷ πατρὶ πλεῖστα χαίρειν.
πρὸ παντὸς εὔχομαί σε τὰ ἐν βίῳ κάλλιστα
ὑπαρχθῆναι. γινώσκειν σε θέλω, ὅτι ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὐκ ἔδωκε ἡμῖν τὰ ἔλαια οὐδὲ Πλωτίων
ἔδωκε ἡμῖν κέρμα, ὥστε ἡμᾶς ἀγοράσαι,
καὶ οὐκ ἔδωκε ὑλιστὰ οἰνάρια καὶ γεγόμωκα τοὺς καμήλους καὶ τὸν τῆς ὄνου γόμον ἐποίησα, καὶ οὐκ ἔδωκε ἡμῖν τὴν ὄνον. ὑπονοῶ
δὲ ὅτι ὑπάγει εἰς τὴν μεγάλην. διὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἔδωκε τὸν χαλκόν. κέκμηκα μετʼ αὐτοῦ ὥστε
δοῦναι τὸ κέρμα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου καὶ οὐκ ἔδωκεν. τὰ δὲ ἐνεχθέντα μοι δραχμαὶ ω, ἔδωκα τῷ
ἀνθρώπῳ ἀπʼ αὐτῶν δραχμὰς χ. ἤθελε δὲ πάλιν
δοῦναί μοιτὰ παρʼ ἐμοῦ. ἐὰν μὴ γράψῃς αὐτῷ
δοῦναι αὐτὰ ἐμοὶ οὐ δίδωσι. πέμψον διὰ τῶν κτηνῶν
ἃ εἶπόν σοι μνᾶς δύο πορφύρας καὶ τὴν πορφύραν τῶν ἱματίων, καὶ ὁμοίως πέμψον Ἡρακλείδῃ πορφύρας μνᾶν α μεγάλων κύκλων.
ἀσπάζεταί σε Ἡρακλείδης καὶ οἱ ἡμῶν πάντες
κατʼ ὄνομα. ἀλλʼ ὅρα, μὴ ἄλλως ποιήσῃς περὶ τῆς
πορφύρας τῶν μεγάλων κύκλων.
ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι πανοικὶ διὰ παντὸς
εὐτυχοῦντα.
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Αὐρηλίῳ. Ἀπίωνι παρʼΑὐρηλίου ΜαξιμιανοῦTranslations (1)
[recto]
Aurelius Maximianus to Aurelius Apion his father, very many greetings.
Before all else I pray that the finest things in life may be yours. I want you to know that the man did not give us the oil, nor did Plotion give us small change so that we could buy, and he did not give strained (?) wines; and I have loaded the camels and made up the donkey's load, and he did not give us the donkey. I suspect that he is going off to the great (city). For this reason he did not give the money. I have toiled with him to get him to give the man's change, and he did not give it. Of the 800 drachmas brought to me, I gave the man 600 drachmas from them. He wanted again to give me what was from me. Unless you write to him to give them to me, he will not give them. Send by the pack animals what I told you, 2 minas of purple and the purple for the garments, and likewise send Herakleides 1 mina of purple of the large circles.
Herakleides greets you and all of ours, each by name. But see that you do not act otherwise concerning the purple of the large circles.
I pray for your health with all your household, always prospering.
[verso]
To Aurelius Apion, from Aurelius Maximianus.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 30580 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.berl.zill;;11 tier-1
- HGV-Text 30580 tier-1
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