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p.lond.2.144 II - III
Letter from Alexandros to Athenodoros asking for a donkey to bring provisions. A private letter from Alexandros to Athenodoros, written while he was away from home. He reports that he has been unwell and without food for two days, that his slave boy from the Arsinoite nome is sick, and asks Athenodoros to supply a donkey so the boy can bring him provisions. It dates to the 2nd-3rd century AD. machine translation
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Transcription
χαίροις κύριέ μου Ἀθηνόδωρε
Ἀλέξανδρός σε ἀσπάζομαι.
παρακαλῶ νωθρευσαμένου μου
καὶ ἀσιτήσαντος ἡμέρας δύο
ὥστε με μετὰ τῶν νομαρχῶν
μηδὲ συνδειπνῆσαι ἐξαιρέτως
καὶ τοῦ παιδαρίου μου ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀρσινοίτου ἀσθενήσαντος μέχρι σήμερον μετὰ τῶν ἐπιτηδείων μοι μὴ
παρόντος διὸ παρακαλῶ προνοῆσαι ὀνάριον ἵνα δυνηθῇ τὸ παιδάριον μου ἐλθεῖν πρός με μετὰ τῶν ἐπιτηδείων δέομαι οὖν
κύριέ μου μὴ ἀφεῖναι με ἐπὶ
ξένης ἀδιαφορηθῆναι
[… 1 line lost …]Translations (1)
Greetings, my lord Athenodoros. I, Alexandros, salute you.
I beg you: I have been sluggish (ill?) and have gone without food for two days, so that I could not even dine with the nomarchs, and in particular my slave boy, who came from the Arsinoite nome, has been sick until today and is not here with my provisions. [Therefore] I beg you to provide a little donkey so that my slave boy can come to me with the provisions. I ask you then, my lord, not to let me be neglected in a foreign place
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- TM-Text 28005 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.lond;2;144 tier-1
- HGV-Text 28005 tier-1
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