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p.giss.apoll.24 ca. 117Hermopolites

Brief an Hermaios, den Bruder des Apollonios via HGV-meta

Letter of a woman to Hermaios about household affairs and wine prices. Fragmentary letter from a woman to her 'brother' Hermaios, apparently in the circle of the strategos Apollonios, about managing household affairs, the high price of wine (3 staters) and hopes of buying cheaply after a good harvest. She reports that Epaphroditos is diligent and that Apollonios brought cleaned cloaks from Alexandria. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[1] [… ? lines lost …] [2] [… ? lines lost …] […]ο[…]σοι δέξαι αὖ τὸ πλείω· ἐὰν γὰρ λ[…]ε ἡμῖν οἰνάρια ἔχουσι […] εἰ δυνατόν μοι ἦν διατρέχειν πρὸς τὴν οἰκονομίαν τῶν ἡμετέρων, οὐκ ἂν ὠκνήκειν, ἀλλʼ ὅμως ὡς εἰμὶ γυνὴ πᾶσαν σπουδὴν περιτίθεμαι. Ἐπαφρόδειτος ἕως τούτου οὐδὲν ἀμελέστερον ποιεῖ, ἀλλὰ προσκαρτερεῖ ἡμῖν καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς πράγμασί σου. [3] [… ? lines lost …] […]ν[…] […]θημ[…] […]μι εξ[…] […]ν διʼ ημ…[…]…ν…[…]ρ[…] […] ἔλεγέν μοι διʼ ἐπιστολῆς[…] ἐστιν ἤδη ἐκδε[…] γράψεις δὲ καὶ σὺ […]νειτηι ἵνʼ ἐπιγνοῖ σε σπουδάσαι εἰς πάντα. ἄρτι μὲν πλείστης τιμῆς ἐστιν ὁ οἶνος καὶ πρὸς τρεῖς στατῆράς ἐστιν, οὗ χάριν οὐδεὶς ἀθυμεῖ πωλεῖν κτῆμα. ἐὰν δὲ ὁ θεὸς ἐπιτρέψῃ πολλὴν ῥύσιν ἔσεσθαι εἰς ἔτους, τάχα διὰ τὴν ἐσομένην εὐωνίαν τοῦ γενήματος ἀθυμήσουσι οἱ γεοῦχοι, διʼ ἣν ἕξομεν εὐωνεῖν κατʼ ἐπιθυμίαν σου. πέπεισμαι περὶ τῆς φροντίδος, ἧς ἐποίου περὶ τῆς [4] [… ? lines lost …] […]σα σε ὑποδραμεῖν καὶ παραγράφειν αὐτούς. τοὺς φαινούλας σου τεθεραπευμένους ἤνεγκεν ἀπʼ Ἀλεξανδρείας Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ ἀδελφός σου. δίκαιον δοκῶ εἶναί σε φίλον πᾶσι ὥσπερ καὶ ἦς τοῖς ἀπὸ τοῦ νομοῦ, ἵνα μετὰ φιλίας καὶ ἀπροσκόπως ἐξέλθωμεν ἀπʼ αὐτῶν ἐπʼ ἀγαθῶι. ἔρρωσο ἄδελφε. Παῦνι γ.

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EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[1] […] [2] […] to you […] receive in turn the greater part (?); for if […] we have wine jars […] If it were possible for me to run about attending to the management of our affairs, I would not have hesitated; but nevertheless, being a woman as I am, I apply all diligence. Epaphroditos up to now does nothing more negligently, but stays faithfully with us and with all your affairs. [3] […] […] […] […] through […] […] he told me by letter […] it is already […] And you too will write […] so that he may recognize that you have been zealous in everything. At present wine is at a very high price and is up to 3 staters, for which reason nobody is reluctant to sell an estate. But if the god permits an abundant flow to come next year, perhaps because of the coming cheapness of the produce the landowners will lose heart, and because of this we shall be able to buy cheaply as you desire. I am persuaded about the concern which you had about the [4] […] […] you to steal in (?) and to strike them off (?). Your cloaks, cleaned, Apollonios your brother brought from Alexandria. I think it right that you be a friend to all, just as you were to those from the nome, so that with friendship and without offence we may part from them for the good. Farewell, brother. Pauni 3.

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