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p.dubl.16 II - III
Letter from a Soldier via HGV-meta
Letter from the standard-bearer Celer to his sister. A private letter from Celer, a military standard-bearer, to a woman he calls his sister and "my lady", urging her to bring her belongings, grain, oil, dates and pickled olives and come to him. He mentions sending her 40 drachmas, paying a boat fare of 60 drachmas, and arrangements involving a certain Ammas and Arsinoe. machine translation
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TM 28941.
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- Letter from a Soldier HGV-meta unbekanntII - III
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r,1]
[…]…η
[…]…ν
[…]ς
[…]…ο
[…]…ρας
[…]…πυ
[…]αιτο
[…]υαλ
[…]λασφη
[…]σε
[…]…πολλα
[…]κον
[…]της
[…]…γυς
[…]ας
[…]…της
[…]και
[…]…αυ
[…]…ν…ν
[…]…ον
[…]νε
[r,2]
καὶ πέμψεις εἰς Ἀρσινόην πρὸς Κ……
χάριν τοῦ ἐλαίου τοῦ χρηστοῦ ……
να[…] τὰ φοινίκια ἐνέγκαι ……ται
σου ἔνεγκον ὡσεὶ τρεῖς ψιάθους … τὴν
σιτικὴν δαπάνην. καὶ πάντα τὰ σεαυτῆς
ἔνεγκον ἵνα μὴ πάλιν με χειμάσῃς,
κυρία μου, ἢ θέλεις ἢ αὖ οὐ. βιάζομαι.
ἔνεγκον, καὶ ὡς ἐὰν θέλῃ Ἀμμᾶς πάντα
ποιήσω. ἔπεμψά σοι, κυρία μου, δραχμὰς μ, καὶ
ἀπέδωκα τὸ ναῦλον τοῦ πλοίου δραχμὰς ξ.
ἐδυνάμην σοι πέμψαι δραχμὰς ρ, ἀλλὰ οὐκ ἔπεμψα. οἶδας καὶ σὺ χάριν τίνος
οὐκ ἔπεμψα. φρονίμη εἶ. νόησον
αὐτό. καὶ περὶ τοῦ σίτου σοι μελησάτω ὅπως αὐτὸν λάβῃς παρὰ Ἀμμᾶτος
ἐπειδὴ χρείαν αὐτοῦ ἔχω. βλέπε,
κυρία μου, μὴ ἄτερ ἐλαιῶν ἔλθῃς, ἀλλὰ[…]ἀρτάβας ταρίχευσον καὶ
ἔνεγκον […]θι τρεῖς εὕρῃς καὶ […]αυ…μ…
[…]… μελετῆσαι σεαυτη τα
[…]…[…]ε…εσ[…]στω… Ἀμμα
[…]ματι ποταπ[…]ς…[…]…
[…]…ει…πεμψ…[…]υ…[…]…
[…]…ν[…]…
[…]…ε ευ[…]…
[…]…[…]…
[v]
[…]…φ…η ἀδελφῇ ἀπὸ Κέλερος σημειοφόρου.Translations (1)
[column 1]
[…] (only scattered letters survive from about 21 lines) […]
[column 2]
And you will send to Arsinoe to K[…]
for the good oil […]
[…] to bring the dates […]
your […] bring about three mats […] the
provisions of grain. And bring all your own things
so that you do not make me spend the winter again,
my lady, whether you wish it or not. I am being pressed.
Bring them, and I will do everything as Ammas wishes.
I sent you, my lady, 40 drachmas, and
I paid the boat fare, 60 drachmas.
I could have sent you 100 drachmas, but I did not send them. You yourself know why
I did not send them. You are sensible. Think
about it. And take care that you get the grain from Ammas,
since I need it. See to it,
my lady, that you do not come without olives, but […] pickle […] artabas and
bring them […] you find three and […]
[…] to take care yourself […]
[…] Ammas […]
[…] what sort of […]
[…] sent (?) […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[verso]
[To …] his sister, from Celer, standard-bearer.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 28941 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.dubl;;16 tier-1
- HGV-Text 28941 tier-1
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