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P.Fay. 110 11. Sept. 94Euhemeria (Arsinoites)

Letter from Lucius Bellenus Gemellus to Epagathos with estate instructions. A letter from the landowner Lucius Bellenus Gemellus to Epagathos, who managed his estate, with instructions about clearing dung, protecting the oil-press, flooding fields, watering olive groves at Dionysias, paying several officials and fitting doors. It was written in AD 94 at Euhemeria in the Fayum. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Λούκιος Βελλιῆνος Γέμελλος Ἐπαγαθῶι τῶι ἰδίωι χαίρειν. εὖ ποιήσεις κομισάμενός μου τὴν ἐπιστολὴν ἀναγκάσας ἐκχωσθῆναι τὸ ἐν αὐτῶι κόπριον ἵνα καταβολαῖον γένηται ὃ λέγεις ταμιεῖον, καὶ τὰ κύκλωι τοῦ ἐλαιουργείου ἔξωθεν σκάψον ἐπὶ βάθος ἵνα μὴ εὐυπέρβατον ἦι τὸ ἐλαιούργιον, καὶ χώρισον τὸ κόπριον εἰς τὴν κοπρηγίαν, καὶ λιμναζέτωσαν ἡμῶν τοὺς κλήρους πάντας ἵνα τὰ πρόβατα ἐκεῖ κοιμηθῆι, καὶ τοὺς ἐλαιῶνας τὸ δεύτερον ὕδωρ ποτισάτωσαν, καὶ διάβα εἰς Διονυσιάδα καὶ γνῶθι εἰ πεπότισται ὁ ἐλαιὼν δυσὶ ὕδασι καὶ δεδικράνισται, εἰ δέ τι μὴ ποτισθήτω καὶ εν[…]τε…[…]… ἀσφαλῶς δικρανισθῆ μ[…]κ…α…[…] αὐτοὺς διαπέσηι, καὶ δοὺς …[…]καὶ Ψέλλον τοὺς σιτολόγους […]…υχ…[…]καὶ Χαιρᾶν τὸν γραμματέα τῶν γεωργῶν καὶ Ἡρακλᾶν δραχμὰς ϙ καὶ τόκους, καὶ Χαιρᾶν τόν ποτε πράκτορα δραχμὰς κδ, καὶ Διδᾶν […]δουν τιμὴν κριθῆς δραχμὰς σμ καὶ τόκους, καὶ Ἥρωνα τόν ποτε ἡγούμενον τόκους ἐτῶν β δραχμὰς ρκ. καὶ τὰς θύρας ἐπιστησάτωσαν οἱ τέκτονες· πέμπω δέ σοι τὰ σχοινία. τὰς δὲ ὠλένας τοῦ ἐλαιουργίου διπλᾶς ποίησον, τὰς δὲ τῶν καταβολαίων ἁπλᾶς. ἔρρωσο. ἔτους ιδ Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Δομιτιανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ, μηνὸς Γερμανικοῦ ιδ. μὴ οὖν ἄλλως ποιήσῃς. [v] ἀπόδος Ἐπαγαθῷ ἀπὸ Λουκίου Βελλιήνου Γεμέλλου.

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[recto] Lucius Bellenus Gemellus to his own Epagathos, greeting. Please, on receiving my letter, have the dung in it cleared out, so that what you call the storeroom may become a store-chamber (?); and dig deep around the outside of the oil-press, so that the oil-press may not be easy to climb over; and separate the dung into the dung-heap; and let them flood all our holdings, so that the sheep may sleep there; and let them water the olive groves a second time; and cross over to Dionysias and find out whether the olive grove has been watered twice and forked (?); if not, let it be watered, and […] safely forked […] them fail; and give […] and Psellos the sitologoi […] and Chairas the secretary of the cultivators and Herakles 90 drachmas and interest, and Chairas the former collector 24 drachmas, and Didas […] the price of barley 240 drachmas and interest, and Heron the former president interest for 2 years, 120 drachmas. And let the carpenters fit the doors; I am sending you the ropes. Make the beams of the oil-press double, and those of the store-chambers single. Farewell. Year 14 of Imperator Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus, month of Germanikos 14. So do not do otherwise. [verso] Deliver to Epagathos from Lucius Bellenus Gemellus.

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