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p.koeln.5.238 IV

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Letter to Theognostos about levies of a hide and a mattress on land. Fragmentary private letter from a son to his father Theognostos, reporting that something had not been made and was not accepted. It explains a levy of a hide and a mattress (?) assessed on landholdings of 37 and 28 arouras, valued in talents. Written in Egypt in the 4th century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] [… ? lines lost …] […]γράμματα. γιγνώσκειν σε βούλομαι, πάτερ, ὅτι τὸ[…]…ν ἀποίητόν ἐστι καὶ οὐκ ἔλαβαν αὐτό. ἔσπευσά σοι οὖν δηλῶσαί σοι διὰ τούτων μου τῶν γραμμάτων· τῶν λζ ἀρουρῶν δέρμα α, τῶν κη ἀρουρῶν τύλη α· τὸ δὲ δέρμα διαγράφεται ταλάντων λ καὶ κη, ἡ δὲ τύλη διαγράφεται ταλάντων μϛ ἢ ταλάντων με. ἵνα οὖν πρὸς τὸν λ[…]ου ἀποστείλῃς …[…] διὰ τοῦ α…[…] ταυ[…] [… ? lines lost …] [v] κυρίωι μου πατρὶ Θεογνώστῳ

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] […] letter. I want you to know, father, that the […] has not been made and they did not take it. So I hastened to inform you through this letter of mine: for the 37 arouras, 1 hide; for the 28 arouras, 1 mattress (?). The hide is assessed at 30 talents and 28 (?), and the mattress (?) is assessed at 46 talents or 45 talents. So that you may send to […] […] through […] […] […] [verso] To my lord father Theognostos

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