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p.fay.118 6. Nov. 110Euhemeria (Arsinoites)
Letter of Gemellus via HGV-meta
Letter of Gemellus with instructions on farm work and festival gifts. Part of a letter from the landowner Gemellus to a family member or agent, giving farming instructions: watering an olive grove at Dionysias, buying birds and customary gifts for officials at the Isis festival, and sending animals and men with sacks. It was written on 6 November AD 110 in the Arsinoite nome (Euhemeria). machine translation
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TM 10783.
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- Letter of Gemellus HGV-meta Euhemeria (Arsinoites)6. Nov. 110
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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… πορεύου εἰς Διονυσιάδα πρὸς τὸν Ψιαθᾶν τὸν κατασπορέα
ἕως τὸν ἐκεῖ ἐλαιῶνα ποτίσῃς, καὶ ἀγόρασον ἡμῖν εἰς ἀποστολὴν τοῖς Ἰσίοις οἷς ἔχομεν συνήθειαν πέμπειν, μάλιστα τοῖς στρατηγοῖς. πρὸ δύο ἡμερῶν ἀγόρασον τὰ ὀρνιθάρια τῆς ἑορτῆς καὶ
πέμψεις αὐτὰ καὶ τοὺς λοιποὺς πέμψεις
εἰς τὴν πόλιν ἔχοντας τοὺς σάκκους, ἐπεὶ
κοπρηγεῖν μέλλει τὰ κτήνη εἰς Ψεννῶιφριν, ἔχοντας βελενκώθια καὶ σηστρίδια ὡσεὶ εἰς ξυλαμήν. βάλλω ἓξ ἀρούρας
εἰς τὴν Ψεννῶφριν. ἐὰν ἀναβαίνῃ τὰ κτήνη γέμισον αὐτὰ βάκανον καὶ ξύλον.
μὴ οὖν ἄλλως ποιήσῃς. ἔχʼ ἐκεῖ ἕως ποτίσῃς
τὸ ἑπτάρουρον τοῦ ἐλαιῶνος. ἀσπάζου
τοὺς φιλοῦντάς σε πάντας πρὸς ἀλήθειαν.
ἔρρωσο. ἔτους ιδ Τραιανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου,
Ἀθὺρ ι.Translations (1)
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… go to Dionysias to Psiathas the sower until you water the olive grove there, and buy for us, for sending at the Isis festival, the gifts we are accustomed to send, especially to the strategoi. Two days beforehand buy the birds for the festival and you will send them, and you will send the rest (of the men) to the city with the sacks, since the animals are going to carry manure to Psennophris, with … (?) and small sieves (?) as for wood-cutting. I am sowing 6 arouras at Psennophris. If the animals go up, load them with cabbage (?) and wood. Do not do otherwise. Stay there until you water the seven-aroura plot of the olive grove. Greet all who truly love you.
Farewell. Year 14 of Trajan Caesar the lord, Hathyr 10.
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 10783 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.fay;;118 tier-1
- HGV-Text 10783 tier-1
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