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Letter from Pasion to his father Nikon requesting writing materials. Letter from Pasion to his father Nikon asking him to buy writing materials (papyrus of different cuts, reed pens, ink, wax) and bags, and discussing a collection of dues and a purchase of 13 1/2 artabas of barley for pack animals. Written in the Arsinoite nome in 80 BC. machine translation

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  • keiner HGV-meta Arsinoites, Ägypten2. Apr. 80 v.Chr.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Πασίων Νίκωνι τῶι πατρὶ πολλὰ χαίρειν καὶ διὰ παντὸςἐρρωμένων διευτυχεῖν. καλῶς οὖν ποιήσεις μὴ ἀμελήσας ἀλλἀγοράσαι …υρα ἃ γράφω· ὀκτατόμου χάρτου δέκα , καὶ τετρατόμου χάρτου πέντε , καὶ καλάμων γραφικῶν δεκάπεντε , καὶ μέλανος στατῆρας ὀκτώ , καὶ θην στατῆρας πέντε , καὶ ερ[…]ιτος α, καὶ[…]…α…α ἑπτά , καὶ χιλωθηρου α, καὶ μάρσιπον μεγάλου α, καὶ τῶν νεωτέρων δύο , καὶ κηροῦ στατῆρας πέντε καὶ γραφήσομαί σοι περὶ τῆς λογείας ἢ λογεύσω ἢ […]ε γράψον μοι περὶ τοῦ μὴ λογεύειν ἕως καταβῇς, ἢ λογεύσει καὶ ἀνανκάσει με Ὀνησίμωι ἀγοράσαι κριθῆς τοῖς πορείοις αὐτῶι καμεοσμερ…[…] ἀρταβῶν ιγ 𐅵, ἀρτάβαι ιγ 𐅵. ἔρρωσο. ἔτους β τοῦ καὶ α ἔτους Φαρμοῦθι ιγ. [v] παρὰ Πασίωνος Νίκωνος χρηματιστοῦ Νίκωνι.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Pasion to Nikon his father, many greetings and wishes that you continue always in health and prosperity. You will do well, then, not to neglect but to buy the […] that I write: 10 (sheets?) of eighth-cut papyrus, and 5 of quarter-cut papyrus, and 15 writing reeds, and 8 staters of ink, and 5 staters of […], and 1 […], and 7 […], and 1 fodder-bag (?), and 1 large bag, and two of the smaller ones, and 5 staters of wax. And I will write to you about the collection: either I will collect, or […] write to me about not collecting until you come down, or he will collect and will compel me to buy barley from Onesimos for his pack animals, […] 13 1/2 artabas, 13 1/2 artabas. Farewell. Year 2, which is also year 1, Pharmouthi 13. [verso] From Pasion, son of Nikon, chrematistes (?). To Nikon.

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