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p.cair.zen.3.59509 Mitte III v.Chr.Philadelphia (Arsinoites)
Letter to Zenon from Somoelis via HGV-meta
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 1147.
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- Letter to Zenon from Somoelis HGV-meta Philadelphia (Arsinoites)Mitte III v.Chr.
- Letter from Somoelis to Zenon APIS-papyrus Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philademid 3rd c. B.C.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Ζήνωνι χαίρειν Σομοῆλις φύλαξ ἐκ Φιλαδελφείας. κατεσπάρκαμεν τὴν τηνεῖ Ἀμανδε…[…] ὑπάρχουσιν οὖν σοι παρʼ ἐμοῦ πυροῦ ἀρτάβαι κ
εἰς τὸν σπόρον. ἀναφέρω δέ σοι ταῦτα· καὶ μὴ ἀδικηθῶ ὑπὸ Ἐτεάρχου
μήτε κατὰ τοῦτο μήτε κατʼ ἄλλο μηθέν. ἐπέκλασεν γάρ μου
[…]…ον ἀνγαρεύων διὰ παντός. καλῶς ἂν οὖν ποιήσαις γράψας
μοι ἐπιστολὴν πρὸς αὐτόν, ἵνα πρόνοιαν ἡμῶν ποιῆται καὶ
μὴ ἀδικώμεθα. δύναμαι δέ σοι καὶ συναγοράσαι κριθῆς ἀρτάβας Α
παρὰ τῶν ἱππέων, παρὰ δὲ γεωργοῦ οὐθενός, ἵνα μηθεὶς
ἀντιλέγηι. καὶ εἰ δυνατόν ἐστιν, προσκατασκεύασον θησαυρόν·
ὁ γὰρ ὑπάρχων οὐχ ἱκανός ἐστι χωρεῖν τὸν σῖτον τὸν ἐνιαυτὸν
τοῦτον. φυλάσσω δὲ καὶ τὸν τηνεῖ θησαυρὸν λαμβάνων οὐθέν,
οἱ δὲ ἐκ Φιλαδελφείας δίδουσίν μοι πυροῦ ἀρτάβας α 𐅵. οὐχ ἱκανὸν οὖν
ἐστιν οὐδὲ τὰ παιδάρια διαβόσκειν, εἰ μὴ αὐτός τι προσεργάζομαι.
εὐτύχει.Translations (1)
To Zenon, greetings, Somoelis, phylax from Philadelphia. We have sown the [land?] of Amand[ --- ]. There belongs to you from me 20 artabas of grain for seed. I am sending these up to you; and let nothing be wronged by Etearchos, with regard to this or anything else. For he has worn me down… pressing me into service for everything. Therefore, you would do well to write a letter to him for me, so that he may know about us in advance, and we may not be wronged. And I am able, also, to buy up for you 1000 artabas of barley from the hippeis, but not from any farmer, so that no one may disagree (?). And if it is possible, get ready in advance another granary. For the one you have is not sufficient to contain the grain from this year. I am guarding the granary here, though I get nothing, but those from Philadelphia are giving me 1.5 artabas of grain. This, however, is not enough to feed my children, if I don’t get something in addition. Farewell. (J. Bauschatz, Law and Enforcement, pp143–144)
Connections
Found at
Philadelphia (Arsinoites)
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 1147 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;3;59509 tier-1
- HGV-Text 1147 tier-1
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