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p.ifao.2.17 1. Hälfte IIIArsinoites (?)

Lettre d’Heron à Ptollarion via HGV-meta

Letter from Heron to Ptollarion asking for wool, geese and wood. A private letter from Heron to Ptollarion reproaching him for his slackness and asking him to send wool, geese and wood, the wood to be obtained from a certain Amatis. It dates to the first half of the 3rd century AD and probably comes from the Arsinoite nome. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Ἥρων Πτολλαρίωνι τῷ φιλτάτῳ χαίρειν. τὸ ἀσπούδαστόν σου οὐ νῦν ἔμαθον ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐκ τότε ἀφʼ οὗ μοι ἔλεγες πέμπειν τὰ ξύλα. ἀλλὰ καὶ νῦν πειράθητι, κύριε, διαπέμψασθαί μοι τὰ ἐριδια καὶ τοὺς χήνας. ἀνάγκασον Ἀμᾶτιν πέμψαι καὶ τὰ ξύλα. ἐὰν δὲ μὴ εὕρῃς ἓξ ἐκείνων τῶν ἐρίων, δείξαιμοι κρείσσονα. ἐπισκοποῦμαι σου τὴν ἀβάσκαντον σύμβιον. ἔρρωσο. [v] † Πτολλαρίωνι †

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Heron to his dearest Ptollarion, greetings. Your lack of zeal I have not learned only now, but already from the time when you told me you were sending the wood. But even now try, sir, to send me the wool (?) and the geese. Compel Amatis to send the wood too. If you do not find six of those fleeces, show me (?) better ones. I send my greetings to your wife, may the evil eye spare her. Farewell. [verso] † To Ptollarion †

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Found at Arsinoite nome

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