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p.iand.2.23 VI - VIIOxyrhynchos (?)

Fragmentum epistulae via HGV-meta

Letter to a brother about solidi paid out on an estate. A fragmentary late antique letter to a 'brother' about money matters on a landowner's estate: the writer lists sums of gold solidi paid out, fears disgrace before the estate stewards, reports the words of a count, and asks urgently to be sent help. Probably from Oxyrhynchus, 6th-7th century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[v] παρά […]ἐπειδὴ ἔγραψές μοι ὅτι εἰ μὴ νομίσματα η οὐ λαμβάνω· ἡμέριον καὶ νομι[…] […] τὴν οἰκίαν τοῦ γεούχου εἰ μὴ ἐγώ· μᾶλλον, ἄδελφε, οὐκ οἶδες ὅτι[…] […]… ἀπὸ τοῦ χρυσίου οὗ ἐλάβαμεν· τῷ γὰρ Ἀλφίῳ νομίσματα λ τῷ Ξερ…[…]νομίσματα[…] […]νόμισμα ἄλλο, καὶ ἄλλων νομίσματα κδ καὶ ἄλλα πολλὰ ἐρόγευσα. λοιπὸν κύριος …[…] […]…[…]σο ἀσχημονῆσαι ἔχω ἐγγὺς ὅλων τῶν προνοητῶν· ἰδοῦ […] […]νια τὰ ἀμφίβολα ὅλα ἤκουσαν παρὰ τοῦ κόμιτος, ὅτι ταῦτα[…] […]εἰς τὴν ἑορτὴν ἐξέρχεται ὁ βοηθὸς παρέχων ὑμῖν τυλάρια[…] […]ταῦτα ποίησον. μέμνημαι, ἄδελφε, ὅτι ὁ Ἰωάννης ὁ σταβλίτης εἶπεν […]…η παρέχει Μάρθα. καὶ ἄρτι ἔγραψες ὅτι κατὰ λ μόνα· τὰ δυνατά σου […]καταβολήν· καὶ ἐγὼ γὰρ ἀπολογοῦμαί σοι. οἶδες, ἄδελφε, ὅτι ἄλλα νομίσματα σ ζητου[…] […] καὶ μὴ λάβωμεν αὐτά. ζῇ κύριος, εἶπεν ὁ κόμες, ὅτι ἐὰν μείνῃ χαμαὶ […]τοῦ πιττακίου ἀνάγκην ἔχει ὁ ἱερεὺς δοῦναι ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων. λοιπὸν οἶδα […]ν ἁπλῶς, μὴ γένηται ἀμέλειαν, ἵνα μὴ ἀποθάνωσι με. ἔρρωσο. […] διὰ τὸν θεόν, πέμψον μοι, ἐπειδὴ χρείαν ἔχω, ἄδελφε . [r] ἐπίδος Τωθαμει…[…]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[verso] From […] […] since you wrote to me that unless 8 solidi, I do not receive; a day's wage (?) and solidi […] […] the house of the landowner except me. Rather, brother, do you not know [that] […] […] from the gold which we received; for to Alphios 30 solidi, to Xer… […] solidi […] […] another solidus, and for others 24 solidi, and I paid out much else. For the rest, the lord […] […] I am about to be disgraced before all the stewards; behold […] […] they heard all the disputed matters from the count, that these […] […] to the festival the assistant goes out, providing you with cushions (?) […] […] do [these things]. I remember, brother, that John the stable-man said […] Martha provides. And just now you wrote that only 30 each; what is possible for you […] payment; for I too am making my defence to you. You know, brother, that another 200 solidi are being demanded […] […] and let us not receive them. As the Lord lives, said the count, if it remains on the ground […] of the receipt, the priest must pay from his own means. For the rest, I know […] simply, let there be no negligence, so that they do not kill me. Farewell. […] for God's sake, send to me, since I am in need, brother. [recto] Deliver to Tothamei… […]

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