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p.giss.univ.3.20 113 - 117Alexandria

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Letter about missing deeds of sale for slaves. A letter written from Alexandria between AD 113 and 117 to a woman addressed as "sister", probably Aline, wife of the strategos Apollonios. The writer cannot find the title deeds of sale for some slaves, asks her to help trace the dates and registry offices of the sales, and reports recommending her to officials. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[1] [… ? lines lost …] [2] ἐπιστολὰς συστατικὰς πρὸς τὸν ἐπιστράτηγον, μή ποτε φθάσῃ παρʼ ὑμῖν γενέσθαι. ἐνετειλάμην δὲ καὶ Ἀντωνείνωι στρατιώτηι, ὃς ἦν ἐν τῆι ἐπιστρατηγίαι Οὐίνδικος μεθʼ ἡμῶν, ἀναπλεύσαντι δὲ καὶ νῦν μετὰ τοῦ ἐπιστρατήγου, ἵνα ἐν ὅλωι τῶι πράγματί σοι παραστῇ. οὐδὲν δʼ ἧττον καὶ νῦν ἔπεμψά σοι πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐπιστόλιον. τῶν δούλων τοὺς χρηματισμοὺς ἕως τούτου οὐχ εὗρον. ὅλως γὰρ παρʼ ἐμοὶ οὔτε ἡ ἀπὸ σοῦ εἰς Ἀχιλλέα ὠνὴ εὑρέθη οὔτε ἡ ἀπὸ Ἀχιλλέως εἰς τὴν εὔμοιρον. καὶ ὁ Ἀχιλλεὺς δὲ ἀποδημεῖ, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶι πράγματι ἀμηχανῶ οὐκ εἰωθὼς ῥιπτεῖν οὐδὲν μὲν ἁπλῶς βιβλίον, μάλιστα τὰ ἀναγκαιότερα. ἀλλὰ καὶ ὁ ἀγοράσας παρὰ σοῦ τὸ ἄλλο σωμάτιον, ῥητορίσκος τις ἐπὶ τοῦ δικαιοδότου λέγων, πολλάκις ταξάμενος τὸν χρόνον ἡμῖν εἰπεῖν τῆς ὠνῆς ἠγνωμόνησεν. εἰ οὖν δύνασαι τὸν χρόνον εὐμνημονεῦσαι καὶ διὰ ποιου ἀρχείου τετέλεσται, δήλωσόν μοι καὶ ζήτησον ἐν τοῖς βιβλίοις σου μὴ ἡ εἰς Ἀπολλωνάριον ὠνή ἐστιν. καὶ εἰ οἶδας διὰ ποίου γραμματέως ἡ εἰς Ἀχιλλέα ἀπὸ σοῦ καταγραφὴ γέγονεν, γράψον μοι· οὐ γὰρ εὑρεθη παρὰ Ποτάμωνι τῶι γραμματεῖ. ἵνα δὲ [3] ἐν τοσούτωι μηδείς σοι διοχλῇ, ἔγραψα τῶι γραμματεῖ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ συνιστὰς τὸν μικρὸν Ἡρακλείδην καὶ περὶ τοῦ πράγματος δηλῶν, ἵνα ἄλλʼ ἐπινοῇ ἄχρι ἂν πέμψω τοὺς χρηματισμοὺς ἢ παραγένωμαι. τὴν περὶ Σαραπίωνος ἐπιστολὴν ὡς σὸν κατόρθωμα τοῖς πυνθανομένοις σου καὶ αὐτῶι τῶι Σαραπίωνι διαβεβαίωσαι ἀντιλαμβανομένη καὶ τοῦ μεγέθους τοῦ πράγματος. καὶ ἂν ἐπʼ ἀγαθῷ καταπλέῃς, κοιτάριον σπουδαῖον ἔνεγκον, ἵνα πέμψωμεν Φίλωι σπουδαίως ἡμῖν προσενεχθέντι ἢ ὃ ἐὰν ἄλλο δοκιμάσῃς ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι, ἀδελφή. Ἡρακλείδην συνασπάζου. Πτολεμαῖος πάντας ἀσπάζεται. Μεχεὶρ κη

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[column 1] […] [column 2] […] letters of recommendation to the epistrategos, in case he should reach you first. I also instructed Antoninus the soldier, who was with us during the epistrategy of Vindex and has now sailed up again with the epistrategos, to stand by you in the whole affair. Nonetheless I have now also sent you a little letter to him. The documents of title for the slaves I have not found up to now. For at my house neither the sale from you to Achilleus was found, nor that from Achilleus to the deceased lady. And Achilleus is away from home, and I am at a loss in the matter, since I am not accustomed to throw away any document at all, least of all the more important ones. But also the man who bought the other slave from you, a petty orator who pleads before the iuridicus, though he often promised to tell us the date of the sale, has behaved unreasonably. So if you can remember the date well and through which record office it was executed, let me know, and search among your papers in case the sale to Apollonarion is there. And if you know through which scribe the registration of the sale from you to Achilleus was made, write to me; for it was not found with Potamon the scribe. And so that [column 3] in the meantime no one troubles you, I have written to the secretary of the strategos recommending little Herakleides and explaining the matter, so that he may think of something else until I send the documents or come myself. As for the letter about Sarapion, confirm it as your own achievement to those who inquire of you and to Sarapion himself, grasping also the importance of the matter. And if, with good fortune, you sail down, bring a fine small blanket (?), so that we may send it to Philos, who has treated us generously, or whatever else you approve. I pray for your health, sister. Greet Herakleides. Ptolemaios greets everyone. Mecheir 28

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