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p.kellis.1.73 IVKellis (Oasis Magna)

Private Letter via HGV-meta

Letter from Psais to Pamour about selling goods with his son Tryphanes. A private letter from Psais son of Tryphanes to his 'brother' Pamour, written at Kellis in the Dakhla Oasis in the 4th century AD. Psais has sent his son Tryphanes with goods for Pamour to help sell, promises to pay Pamour wages for his time, and asks that the son not be detained and that Pamour come with him at the time of the new wine; a postscript asks him to exchange the remaining purple dyes for wool. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r,ctr] κυρίωι μου ἀδελφῶι Παμοῦρι Ψάις Τρυφάνους χαίρειν. προηγουμένως πολλά σε προσαγορεύω. ἀσπάζεταί σε πάνυ ὁ ἀδελφός σου καὶ τὰ τέκνα καὶ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτῶν. ἀσπάζεταί σε ἡ σύμβιος σου καὶ τὰ τέκνα σου καὶ πάντες οἱ ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ ὅλοι. ἰδοὺ οὖν, ἀπέστειλά σοι τὸν υἱόν μου Τρυφάνην μετὰ τῶν εἰδῶν μου, ἵνα ποιήσῃς τὴν σπουδὴν καὶ συνάγῃς μετʼ αὐτοῦ [… ? lines lost …] […]μου καὶ πρι[…]κα μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἐν καλ[…] …μη καί, ἐὰν ποιήσῃς δέκα ἡμέρας ἢ εἴκοσι μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἕως πιπράσκεις τὰ εἴδη μου, ἑτοίμως ἔχω παρασχεῖν σοι τὸν μισθόν σου τέως. μὴ κατέχῃς τὸν υἱόν μου παρὰ σοί· ἵνα ἐλθῇς μετʼ αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὸν καιρὸν τοῦ γλεύκους. οἶδα γὰρ τὴν σὴν σπουδήν. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοις. [r,ms] ἀξιωθεὶς πᾶν ποίησον, ἐὰν δύνῃ, ἀποστεῖλαί μοι τὰ ἔργα … αὐτοῦ τῶν ἀγρῶν ἐκεῖ μ… [v] τὸ δὲ πρόλοιπον τῶν τριάκοντα[…]…ων προφυρῶν δὸς αὐτὰ ὑπὲρ ἐριδίων σπουδ… ενος καὶ ἀπόστειλόν μοι […] κυρίωι μου ἀδελφῷ Παμοῦρι Ψάις Τρυφάνους

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto, centre] To my lord brother Pamour, Psais son of Tryphanes, greetings. Before all else I greet you warmly. Your brother greets you heartily, and the children and their mother. Your wife greets you, and your children, and all those in the house, every one. See, then, I have sent you my son Tryphanes with my goods, so that you may make every effort and gather together with him […] […] my […] and […] with him in good […] and, if you spend ten or twenty days with him until you sell my goods, I am ready to provide you with your wages meanwhile. Do not keep my son with you; (rather) come with him at the time of the new wine. For I know your diligence. I pray for your health for many years. [recto, margin] I beg you, do everything, if you can, to send me the products (?) […] of him of the fields there […] [verso] As for the remainder of the thirty […] purple (dyes?), give them in exchange for wool, making haste (?), and send me […] Address: To my lord brother Pamour, Psais son of Tryphanes.

Connections

Found at Kellis (Oasis Magna)

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