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p.congr.xv.20 spätes III - frühes IVOxyrhynchos (?)

A letter from Kollouthos via HGV-meta

Letter from Kollouthos to Ammonios about a shipment of oil. A private letter, probably Christian, from Kollouthos to his 'brother' Ammonios, expressing surprise at a mistake Ammonios made and discussing a metretes of oil sent to Apphous and oil received by Nepheros. It dates to the late 3rd or early 4th century AD and may come from Oxyrhynchus. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Ἀμμωνιῳ Κολλούθως ἐν κυρίῳ χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαι τῇ θείᾳ προνοίᾳ ὅπως ἀπολάβῃς τὰ παρʼ ἐμοῦ γράμματα. ἀληθῶς θαυμάζω πῶς τοσοῦτο ἐσφάλης ὡς σοῦ δεξαμένου Ἡράκλειον· περὶ τοῦ μετρητοῦ τοῦ ἐλαίου τοῦ ἀποσταλέντος Ἀπφοῦτι. Νεφερῶς ἀπέσχε τὸν ἔλαιον τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος μηνὸς …[…]… πλὴν τοῦ[…] μετρητοῦ τοῦ ἐλαίου […]… Ἀπφοῦ δικαίου …[…]καλον ποιήσῃς οὖν […] σχεσιν ἐποίησας […] σὺ γὰρ ἀπέστειλας ἀληθῶς[…] αὐτὸν παρʼ ἐμοῦ. ἐρρῶσθαίσε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοις. [v] […]ἀποδὸς τῷ ἀδελφῷ Ἀμμωνίῳ παρὰ Κολλούθως.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] To my lord brother Ammonios, Kollouthos, greetings in the Lord. Before all else I pray to divine providence that you receive my letter. Truly I am amazed how you were so mistaken as to (think?) that you had received Herakleios. Concerning the metretes of oil sent to Apphous: Nepheros received the oil of the present month […] except for the […] metretes of oil […] of Apphous rightly (?) […]. You will do well, therefore, […] you made […]. For you truly sent […] him from me. I pray for your health for many years. [verso] […] Deliver to my brother Ammonios, from Kollouthos.

Connections

Found at Oxyrhynchus

Cross-references (3)

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