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p.fay.125 IIEuhemeria (Arsinoites)
Letter of a Chief Priest via HGV-meta
Letter from the chief priest Ptolemaios to Heron. A private letter from Ptolemaios, a chief priest (archiereus), to Heron, whom he calls brother, urging him to pursue a matter concerning the strategos' allotment and the assessment (merismos) of Philopator, and promising to cover a certain expense. It dates to the 2nd century AD and comes from Euhemeria in the Arsinoite nome (modern Kasr el Banat). machine translation
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TM 28618.
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- Letter of a Chief Priest HGV-meta Euhemeria (Arsinoites)II
- Letter of a Chief Priest APIS-papyrus Kasr el BanâtSecond century
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
Πτολεμαῖος Ἥρωνι τῶι φιλτάτῳ
χαίρειν.
καλῶς ποιήσεις, ἀδελφέ, μὴ ἀμελήσας τοῦ κλήρου τοῦ στρατηγικοῦ, ἀλλὰ ὡς ἔθος ἐστί σοι ἀντιλαβὼν ἣν ἐξουσίαν ἔχεις
καὶ δύνασαι τὸν μερισμὸν τῆς
Φιλοπάτορος ἔχειν. ἐὰν δὲ δέῃ […] τὸ ἔμβλημα τὸ δαπανηθὲν παραδέξομαι, εὔχομαι γὰρ μείζονος ἀξίας γενέσθαι ἀφʼ οὗ ἀπολαύομεν τῶν
δώρων.
ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι, φίλτατε.
[v]
παρὰ Πτολεμαίου ἀρχιερέως.Translations (1)
[recto]
Ptolemaios to his dearest Heron, greetings.
You will do well, brother, not to neglect the strategic allotment (?), but, as is your custom, to take up the authority you have, so that you may obtain the assessment of Philopator. If it is necessary […] I will accept the outlay (?) that has been spent, for I pray that you may attain greater dignity, since we enjoy the gifts.
I pray for your health, dearest.
[verso]
From Ptolemaios, chief priest.
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Euhemeria
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 28618 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.fay;;125 tier-1
- HGV-Text 28618 tier-1
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