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p.hamb.1.86 IIArsinoites
Brief einer Frau an ihren Mann via HGV-meta
Letter from Ptolema to Antas about the prefect's visit and farm business. A letter from Ptolema to Antas, probably her husband (addressed as 'brother'), reporting on the farm: the prefect's movements, the state of the fields, grazing, sales of fodder and sheep, and a purchase of land for hay. She urges him to come home quickly before the prefect arrives. Arsinoite nome, 2nd century AD. machine translation
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- Brief einer Frau an ihren Mann HGV-meta ArsinoitesII
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Transcription
Πτολέμα Ἀντᾶτι τῶι
ἀδελφῶι χαίρειν.
[…]νῳ γράφεις προσδέχεσθαι τὸν ἡγεμόνα. ἴδε,
ὁ ἡγεμὼν ἀνέβη. ἐὰν μεθʼ ὑγιείας ἐκπλέξῃς σεαυτόν,
ταχέως πρὸ τοῦ ἡγεμόνος παραγενοῦ, ἵνα, ἂν
δυνασθῶμεν, τὸν μικρὸν
ἐπικρεῖναι. οἱ ἀγροὶ πάντες καλῶς διάκεινται. τὸ
ἀπὸ νότου περίχωμα τῶν
δεκαεπτὰ ταῖς βουσὶ ἐπράθη,
αἱ βόες σου ἔφαγαν ἄρουραν καὶ
ἀπῆλθον εἰς Πανσούη. πάντα
τὰ ἐκεῖ ταῖς βουσὶ ἀφέθη. τὸ
ἀπὸ λιβὸς τοῦ λαχάνου εἰς χόρτου
κοπίαν ἀφέθη. πεπράκαμεν
τὰ ἐν ταῖς κληρουχίαις χορτάρια παρὰ περιχώματα ἓξ τὰ ἀπὸ ἀπηλιώτου
δραχμῶν ριβ. εὔωνος ὁ χόρτος τόνῳ. ἠγοράσθησαν σοι ἄρουραι τρεῖς διὰ Οὐετρανίου εἰς χόρτον δραχμῶν ρλ, πέπραται δὲ καὶ διʼ αὐτοῦ
πρόβατα δραχμῶν ξη. ἀσπάζονταί σε Λονγῖνος καὶ Σαραπίων καὶ οἱ ἐν οἴκῳ
πάντες. Οὐῖβις ἀπῆλθε εἰς Ψενῦριν
τὸν σῖτον πωλῆσαι. οἱ σοὶ καλῶς
τέλλουσι πάντες. ἔρρωσο.
Μεχεὶρ λ.Translations (1)
Ptolema to Antas her brother, greetings.
[…] you write to expect the prefect. Look, the prefect has gone upstream. If you can extricate yourself in good health, come quickly before the prefect, so that, if we can, we may get the little one examined (?). All the fields are in good condition. The embankment plot to the south of the seventeen (arouras) was sold for the cattle; your cattle grazed an aroura and went off to Pansoue. Everything there was left for the cattle. The plot to the west of the vegetable land was left for cutting hay. We have sold the fodder plots in the cleruchies beside the six embankment plots to the east for 112 drachmas. Hay is cheap at the moment (?). Three arouras were bought for you through Veteranius for hay for 130 drachmas, and sheep were also sold through him for 68 drachmas. Longinus and Sarapion and everyone at home greet you. Ouibis has gone to Psenyris to sell the wheat. All your people are doing well. Farewell.
Mecheir 30.
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- TM-Text 28700 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.hamb;1;86 tier-1
- HGV-Text 28700 tier-1
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