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Letter from Timotheos the carpenter to Psempnoutes demanding payment. A business letter from Timotheos the carpenter to Psempnoutes, complaining that a debt has long gone unpaid. He instructs Psempnoutes to pay 3,000 talents to Pachoumis, from whom Timotheos has already received the sum, and threatens to have soldiers collect it otherwise. Written at Kellis in the Dakhleh Oasis in the second half of the 4th century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] τῶι κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῶι Ψεμπνούτῃ Τιμόθεος τέκτων χαίρειν. πρὸ παντὸς πολλά σε ἀσπάζομαι μετὰ τῶν σῶν πάντων. θαυμάζω ὅτι μετὰ τοσοῦτον χρόνον οὐκ ἠθέλησας δοῦναι τὰ ἀργύρια. τοίνυν, ἐὰν ἔλθῃ πρὸς σὲ Παχοῦμις, παράσχου αὐτῷ τὰ τρισχίλια τάλαντα· ἤδη γὰρ ἔσχον παρʼ αὐτοῦ. μάθε γὰρ ὅτι ἐὰν μὴ θελήσῃς δοῦναι αὐτῷ, ποιῶ σε ἀπαιτηθῆναι ὑπὸ στρατιωτῶν. ὅρα μὴ ἀμελήσῃς. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοις. [v] τῶι κυρίῳ μου Ψενπνούτῃ Τιμόθεος τέκτων

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] To my lord brother Psempnoutes, Timotheos the carpenter, greetings. Before all else I greet you warmly together with all your people. I am surprised that after so long a time you have not been willing to pay the money. So then, if Pachoumis comes to you, provide him with the 3,000 talents, for I have already received them from him. Know that if you are not willing to give them to him, I will have them exacted from you by soldiers. See that you do not neglect this. I pray for your health for many years. [verso] To my lord Psenpnoutes, Timotheos the carpenter.

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Found at Kellis (Oasis Magna)

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