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p.erl.116 III

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Letter from Didymos to Severus about myrrh, nails and oars. A private or business letter from Didymos to his lord Severus, written in Roman Egypt in the 3rd century AD. It reports that a consignment of myrrh was carried off, mentions payments by people from the pottery, and asks Severus to send Georgenes to have nails made and someone to bring up oars. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] κυρίῳ μου Σευήρῳ Δίδυμος χαίρειν. ἴσθι ὅτι ἐβαστάχθη ὁ ηλαμος τῆς μύρρας τοῦ ε ἔτους[…] ἔτι δὲ ϛ ἔτους κ[…]μασια[…] κασι πέντε δέδωκαν οἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ κεραμίου λέγοντες ὅτι, εἰ μὴ ταῦτα διαδίδουμεν, πέμψον Γεωργη νην, ὅπως ἀπέλθῃ εἰς τὸ Χακην καὶ ποιήσῃ τοὺς ἥλους γενέσθαι, ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ ἀσχολοῦμαι, πέμψον δὲ ἕνα ἐλάτας ἀνενέγκαι, ἐπεὶ οὐδεὶς ἐλαύνει. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοις …[…] [… 1 line lost …] [v] κυρίῳ μου Σευήρῳ Δίδυμος

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] To my lord Severus, Didymos, greetings. Know that the ... (?) of the myrrh of the [5th year] […] was carried off; and further of the 6th year […] five […] the people from the pottery (?) have given, saying that if we do not distribute these … Send Georgenes, so that he may go to Chakes (?) and have the nails made, since I am busy; and send someone to bring up (?) the oars (?), since nobody is rowing (?). I pray for your health for many years […] [… 1 line lost …] [verso] To my lord Severus, Didymos

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