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p.gen.4.172 2. Hälfte IV - VPhiladelphia (Arsinoites)
Lettre d'affaires relative à la vente de deux chameau via HGV-meta
Letter from Athanasios to Ammonios about the unsold camels. A business letter from Athanasios to Ammonios, secretary of Philadelphia, about two camels Ammonios had him buy. Athanasios reports that after a whole day at market nobody would offer more than 4 gold pieces for the old camel and 3 for the foal, and asks whether to send the animals back or settle the account at those prices, since he cannot take a loss. machine translation
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- Lettre d'affaires relative à la vente de deux chameau HGV-meta Philadelphia (Arsinoites)2. Hälfte IV - V
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Transcription
Ἀθανάσιος
Ἀμμωνίῳ γραμματεῖ Φιλαδελφίας.
τὴν κάμηλον ἥνπερ πεποίηκάς με ἀγοράσαι νομισματίων πέντε καὶ γράμματος,
ἣν ἔλεγόν σοι ὅτι γραῦς ἐστιν
καὶ ἔλεγες μὴ εἶναι αὐτὴν
γραῦν, καὶ τὸν πῶλον τῶν
τεσσάρων χρυσίνων παρὰ
γράμματος, τῆς μὲν γραΐδος οὐδεὶς παρεῖχεν εἰ μὴ
χρύσινα τέσσαρα, τοῦ δὲ πώλου
ὁμοίως εἰ μὴ τρία. μὰ τὴν γὰρ θείαν πρόνοιαν, ὁλόκληρον ἡμέραν
ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ ἀπέμειναν καὶ οὐδεὶς
παρέσχεν εἰ μὴ οὕτως ὡς προεῖπον τιμήν. εἰ οὖν βούλει με αὐτά σοι
ἀποστεῖλαι ἢ οὕτως λογίσασθαι,
δήλωσόν μοι· οὐ δύναμαι γὰρ
ζημίαν ὑποστῆναι. ἐρρῶσθαί
σε εὔχομαι.Translations (1)
Athanasios
to Ammonios, secretary of Philadelphia.
The camel which you made me buy for five solidi less a gramma, which I told you was old and you said was not old, and the foal for four gold pieces less a gramma: for the old one nobody offered more than 4 gold pieces, and likewise for the foal no more than 3. By divine providence, they stayed a whole day in the market and nobody offered a price except as I said before. So if you want me to send them to you, or to reckon it this way, let me know; for I cannot bear a loss. I pray for your health.
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Philadelphia (Arsinoites)
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- TM-Text 34876 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.gen;4;172 tier-1
- HGV-Text 34876 tier-1
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