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p.kellis.1.78 2. Hälfte IVKellis (Oasis Magna)
Business Letter via HGV-meta
Letter from Siris to Eumathios about collecting money from farmers. A short business letter from Siris to Eumathios, instructing him to collect 2,000 talents of silver from farmers for barley and dates at once and hand the money to Elias. It was written at Kellis in the Dakhleh Oasis in the second half of the 4th century AD. machine translation
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Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 33332.
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- Business Letter HGV-meta Kellis (Oasis Magna)2. Hälfte IV
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Εὐμαθίῳ Σῖρις
χαίρειν. αὐτῆς ὥρας λαβών μου
τὰ γράμματα ἀπαίτησον ἀπὸ γεωργῶν ὑπὲρ κριθῶν, φοινίκων ἀργυρίου τάλαντα δισχίλια, γίνεται τάλαντα Β,
καὶ δὸς τῷ ἀδελφῷ Ἠλίᾳ. ἀλλὰ μὴ
ἀμελήσῃς· δὸς αὐτῷ. ἐρρῶσθαί σʼ εὔχομαι, ἄδελφε,
πολλοῖς χρόνοις.
Παχὼν ϛ ε ἰνδικτίωνος.
[v]
κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ
Εὐμαθίῳ
ΣῖριςTranslations (1)
[recto]
To my lord brother Eumathios, Siris, greetings.
The very hour you receive my letter, demand from the farmers, for barley and dates, 2,000 talents of silver, total 2,000 talents, and give them to brother Elias. But do not neglect this: give them to him. I pray for your health, brother, for many years.
Pachon 6, 5th indiction.
[verso]
To my lord brother Eumathios, Siris.
Connections
Found at
Kellis (Oasis Magna)
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 33332 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.kellis;1;78 tier-1
- HGV-Text 33332 tier-1
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