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p.kellis.1.81 IVKellis (Oasis Magna)
Business Letter via HGV-meta
Letter from Sabinus to Elias about the landowner's arrival and farmers' wages. A short fourth-century business letter from Sabinus to Elias, whom he calls his son, found at Kellis in the Dakhla Oasis. Sabinus explains that the landowner has arrived from Egypt and will not grant him an extra day of his (guard?) duty, and promises to provide something, apparently wages, concerning all the farmers. machine translation
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TM 33335.
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- Business Letter HGV-meta Kellis (Oasis Magna)IV
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
κυρίῳ μου υἱῶι
Ἠλίᾳ Σαβεῖνος
χαίρειν. τοῦ κυρίου μου
γεούχου ἐλθόντος
ἀπὸ τῆς Αἰγύπτου
καὶ μὴ
συγχωρήσῃ μοι τὴν προσθήκην
τῆς μιᾶς ἡμέρας τῆς
[…]φυλακίας μου,
παρέξω σοι τῇ προσ[…]……οίου μισθ…
τῶν γεωργῶν πάντων.
ἐρρῶσθαί σε
εὔχομαι, κύριέ
μου, πολλοῖς
χρόνοις.Translations (1)
To my lord son Elias, Sabinus, greetings. Since my lord the landowner has come from Egypt and does not allow me the addition of the one day of my [...]guard duty (?), I will provide you with the [...] wage (?) of all the farmers.
I pray for your health, my lord, for many years.
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Found at
Kellis (Oasis Magna)
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 33335 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.kellis;1;81 tier-1
- HGV-Text 33335 tier-1
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