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p.fay.116 2. Dez. 104Euhemeria (Arsinoites, Ägypten)

Letter from Gemellus to Epagathus via HGV-meta

Letter from Gemellus to Epagathos ordering salted fish and olives. A private letter from the landowner Lucius Bellenus Gemellus to his estate manager Epagathos, asking him to salt and send 30 fish and an artaba of olives to the city, as Gemellus plans to travel there before mid-Choiak. Written at Euhemeria in the Arsinoite nome on 2 December AD 104. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

Λούκιος Βελλῆνος Γέμελλος Ἐπαγαθῶι τῶι ἰδίῳ χαίρειν. εὖ οὖν ποιήσας σκέψῃ φάγρους τριάκοντα ἢ κορακίνους τριάκοντα καὶ ταριχεύσας πέμψεις μοι εἰς τὴν πόλιν καὶ ποίησον […]τας καλοὺς τεσσαράκοντα , ἐπεὶ βουλεύομαι εἰς πόλιν ἀπελθεῖν χάριν τοῦ μικροῦ καὶ χάριν ἐκείνου τοῦ μετεώρου ἕως πεντεκαιδεκάτης τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος μηνὸς Χύακ, καὶ ἐὰν δύνῃ ἀρτάβην ἐλᾶς πέμψαι α[…] πέμψεις ἵνα τῶι ἀδελφῶι πέμψωμεν. μὴ οὖν ἄλλως ποιήσῃς. ἐὰν ἀποχωρῶ πέμψω πρὸς σὲ ἵνα σε ἀσπάσωμαι. ἔρρωσο. ἔτους η Τραιανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου, Χύακ ϛ.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Lucius Bellenus Gemellus to his own Epagathos, greetings. Please look out for 30 phagroi or 30 korakinoi and, after salting them, send them to me in the city; and make 40 fine […], since I intend to go to the city on account of the little one and on account of that pending matter, by the fifteenth of the present month Choiak. And if you can send an artaba of olives […] send it, so that we may send it to our brother. Do not do otherwise. If I get away, I will send to you so that I may greet you. Farewell. Year 8 of Trajan Caesar the lord, Choiak 6.

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