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p.koeln.3.161 II

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Letter to Horion about the care and feeding of a donkey. A private letter from a man whose name ends in -ion to Horion, asking him to care for a she-donkey he has sent, feeding her two choinikes of barley daily besides fodder, and sending 20 drachmas for the expenses. He also mentions a basket of onions sent via Kerdon and sends greetings. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] […]ιων Ὡρίωνι[…]ι […]… χαίρειν. πρὸ τῶν ὅλων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν. ……… πρόνοιαν ἡμῶν ποιῇ …… παρακληθεὶς προνόησαι ἧς σοι ἔπεμψα ὄνου, ὅπως, χωρὶς οὗ ἐὰν δαπανηθῇ χόρτου, καὶ ἄλλας καθʼ ἡμέραν αὐτῇ κριθῆς χοίνικας δύο χορηγήσῃς. ἔπεμψα δέ σοι ἐπὶ λόγῳ εἰς δαπάνην δραχμὰς εἴκοσι . μὴ οὖν ἀμελήσῃς τούτου, τοῦτο εἰδὼς ὅτι σε ἀσφαλέστερον καὶ ἐπιεικέστερον τῶν ἄλλων προκρίνας ἔπεμψά σοι. κόμισαι παρὰ Κέρδωνος ἐν σφυρίδι κρομβύων χ…. ἄσπασαι τὴν μικράν σου καὶ τοὺς φίλους. [v] παρὰ[…]…ιωνος Ὡρίωνι

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] […]ion to Horion […], greetings. Before all else I pray that you are in good health. […] you take care of us […] Please, I ask you, look after the she-donkey I sent you, so that, apart from whatever fodder is spent, you also supply her with two further choinikes of barley every day. I have sent you on account for expenses twenty drachmas. So do not neglect this, knowing that I sent her to you because I preferred you as more reliable and more reasonable than the others. Receive from Kerdon in a basket of onions […]. Greet your little girl and the friends. [verso] [From] […]ion to Horion

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