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p.corn.5 IInd century B.C.Arsinoite nome
Private letter via APIS-papyrus
Letter requesting four workmen for irrigating fields. A private letter, its opening with the names lost, asking the recipient to send Harpaesis and three other workmen skilled in operating irrigation machinery to water the fields, with wages paid daily. It dates to the 2nd century BC and comes from the Arsinoite nome (Fayum). machine translation
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TM 43474.
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- Private letter APIS-papyrus Arsinoite nomeIInd century B.C.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
[… ? lines lost …]
χαίρειν καὶ ἐρρῶσθαι.
ἐπεὶ χρείαν ἔχομεν
ἐργατῶν τεσσάρων
πρὸς τὸν ποτισμὸν
τῶν ἀρουρῶν, καλῶς
ποιήσεις Ἁρπαῆσιν
ἀποστείλας ἡμῖν
μετʼ ἄλλων τριῶν
τῶν ἐπισταμένων
ὀργανίζειν. τὸν δὲ
τούτων μισθὸν κομιοῦνται καθʼ ἡμέραν.
ἔρρωσο.
[v]
…[…]ηδει.Translations (1)
[recto]
[… lines lost …]
greeting and good health.
Since we need four workmen for the irrigation of the arouras, please send us Harpaesis together with three others who know how to work the machinery. They will receive their wages daily.
Farewell.
[verso]
…[…]edei (?).
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