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p.cair.isid.132 IIIKom Aushim (Karanis)

Letter from Herocas to Iercuis via HGV-meta

Letter from Herokas to his sister Ierkuis about a loan and a tunic. A private letter from Herokas to his sister Ierkuis, found at Karanis and dating to the 3rd century AD. He tells her that a woman named Herousat owes him 400 drachmas, asks her to collect the money with interest and have a tunic made for him, mentions gifts sent, sends greetings, and complains that she never writes. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Ἡρωκᾶς Ἰερκυῖτι τῇ ἀδελφῇ πολλὰ χαίρειν. τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν παρὰ τῷ μεγάλῳ Σαράπιδι. γινώσκειν σε θέλω ὅτι ἔλαβε παρʼ ἐμοῦ Ἡροῦσατ δραχμὰς τετρακοσίας . ἐὰν διδῇ αὐτὰς δέξαι αὐτὰ τόκου τῆς μνᾶς δραχμῶν τεσσάρων ἀπὸ τοῦ Παχὼν μηνὸς Ἑλλήνων. ἐὰν αὐτὰς λάβῃς ποίησόν μοι ἐξαυτῆς στιχάριν. ἔπεμψα ……ῳ σφυρίδιν καρυδίων, καὶ Πτολεμαίῳ ἔδωκα πινάκια …ρω… καὶ ἐὰν ἐνέγκῃ σοί τις ἐπιστολὴν Πασίων λεγόμενος ἐξέτασον αὐτὸν μελέτῃ καὶ δὸς αὐτῷ τὸ στιχάριν. καὶ ἐκτίναξον αὐτὰ μὴ ἁλόβρωτα γένηται. ἀσπάζομαί σε καὶ τὸν ἄνδρα σου καὶ τὰ παιδία σου. ἀσπάζομαι …εν… καὶ τὰ παιδία Δημητρίου. ἀσπάζομαι Περ…[…]… καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ παιδία. ἰδοὺ πόσας σοι ἐπιστολὰς ἔπεμψα καὶ σύ μοι οὐδὲ μίαν ἔπεμψας. καὶ ἵνʼ εἰδῇς, ὁ πατήρ μου κʼ ἡ μήτηρ πάλιν ε…ραν μοι [… ? lines lost …] […] ἐπιστολήν. [v] ἀπόδος Ἰερκυῖτι ἀπὸ Ἡρωκᾶ ἀδελφοῦ.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Herokas to Ierkuis his sister, many greetings. I make obeisance for you every day before the great Sarapis. I want you to know that Herousat received from me 400 drachmas. If she pays them, accept them with interest at 4 drachmas per mina from the month of Pachon of the Greeks. If you receive them, make me a tunic at once. I sent […] a little basket of nuts, and I gave Ptolemaios tablets (?) […]. And if someone called Pasion brings you a letter, examine him carefully and give him the tunic. And shake them out so that they do not become salt-eaten (?). I greet you and your husband and your children. I greet […] and the children of Demetrios. I greet Per[…] and his wife and the children. Look how many letters I have sent you, and you have not sent me even one. And so that you may know, my father and my mother again […] me […] […] letter. [verso] [Deliver to Ierkuis from] Herokas her brother.

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Found at Karanis

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