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p.gen.1.2ed.76 III - IV

Lettre privée relative à un attelage via HGV-meta

Letter about hiring ox-teams and workmen. A private letter reporting efforts to hire ox-teams for farm work. The writer obtained one team from Horion's brother, was refused another by Potamon because its owner had gone to the city, and found a third whose driver would only work for a daily wage of 12 drachmas. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[…]τῷ φιλτάτῳ χαίρειν. γιγνώσκειν σὲ θέλω ὅτι παρὰ Πασευθοι ἐπορεύθην πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν Ὡρίωνος ἕνεκα τοῦ ταυρικοῦ, καὶ συνέθετο δοῦναι αὐτῷ, καὶ τοὺς ἐργάτας ἐν ἑτοίμῳ ἐποίησα. ἐγενόμην καὶ πρὸς Ποτάμωνα ἕνεκα τοῦ ἄλλου ταυρικοῦ, καὶ ἔφη λέγων· ὁ κύριος τοῦ ταυρικοῦ εἰς τὴν πόλιν ἀνέβη καὶ οὐκ ἀνέχεται ὁ ζευγηλάτης χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ἐλθεῖν. ἑτέρῳ δὲ ταυρικῷ ἐγὼ συνέβαλον, καὶ οὐ συνέθετο σύμφωνα ἐργάσασθαι, ἀλλὰ πρὸς ἡμέραν, ὅσας ἂν δαπανήσῃ ἡμέρας, ἑκάστης ἡμέρας αἰτῶν δραχμὰς δώδεκα . ἔρρωσο.

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EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[…] to his dearest, greetings. I want you to know that I went from Paseuthoi (?) to the brother of Horion about the ox-team, and he agreed to give it to him, and I got the workmen ready. I also went to Potamon about the other ox-team, and he said: "The owner of the ox-team has gone up to the city, and the ploughman will not consent to come without him." I negotiated with another ox-team, and he did not agree to work on contract terms, but by the day, for as many days as he spends, asking 12 drachmas for each day. Farewell.

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