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p.hamb.3.227 III
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Letter from Ammon to his brother Ision about the sale of gold and silver. A private letter from Ammon to his brother Ision, acknowledging receipt via Horion of a note from Maron, a mina-weight of gold and 10 1/2 ounces of unstamped silver. Ammon complains that Ision sent no instructions, so he sold the gold for 1,200 drachmas and the silver for 588 drachmas. It dates to the 3rd century AD. machine translation
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Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
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· Greek
Transcription
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Ἄμμων Ἰσίωνι τῶι ἀδελφῶι πλεῖστα
χαίρειν. πρὸ πάντων εὔχομαί
σε ὑγιαίνειν. ὑγιαίνομεν δὲ καὶ
ἡμεῖς. γίνωσκέ με λαβόντα
παρὰ Ὡρίωνος τὸ γραμμάτιον τοῦ Μάρωνος καὶ χρυσαφίου
μναιαῖον ἕν , ἀσήμου οὐγκίας δέκα ἥμισυ. οὐ καλῶς δὲ ἐποίησας διὰ τοσούτου χρόνου
ἐρχομένων τῶν κτηνῶν
μὴ γράψας ἡμῖν. οὐ γὰρ ἐμαντευόμην, εἰ σοὶ θέλεις τὸ κέρμα
τοῦτο ἤ τι ἀγορασθῇ. ἐπράθη
οὖν τὸ χρυσάφιον δραχμῶν
χιλίων διακοσίων καὶ τὸ ἀσήμιον δραχμῶν πεντακοσίων ὀγδοήκοντα ὀκτώ . κ[…]
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ὁ ἀδελφὸς Ἀμβρόσιος π[…]
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Ἰσίωνι ἀδελφῶι […]Translations (1)
[recto, centre]
Ammon to Ision his brother, very many greetings. Before all else I pray that you are well. We too are well. Know that I received from Horion the note of Maron and 1 mina-weight of gold and 10 1/2 ounces of unstamped silver. You did not do well, when the animals were coming for so long a time, not to write to us. For I could not divine whether you wanted this money for yourself or for something to be bought. So the gold was sold for 1,200 drachmas and the silver for 588 drachmas. […]
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[recto, margin]
Brother Ambrosios […]
[verso]
To Ision, brother […]
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 30070 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.hamb;3;227 tier-1
- HGV-Text 30070 tier-1
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