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p.lond.2.197v III (?)
Letter about timber sales, woodcutters and an insult by an official. Fragment of a private letter, probably of the 3rd century AD, concerning a ban on cutting and removing timber and an insult from the official in charge of the registers. The writer says he has sold all his timber, ending his partnership with the addressee, and asks him to urge the woodcutters to work since their price has been received. machine translation
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TM 31212.
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- (untitled record) HGV-meta unbekanntIII (?)
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[v]
ἡ μήτηρ ἡ Ταραχ…
ριωχαιριτι…ι ἐδέξατο ,
κεκωλυσμένων τῶν
ξύλων κοπῆναι μηδὲ
ἐξελθεῖν, εἰδὼς ὅτι
ὑβρίσθην ὑπὸ τοῦ ἐπὶ
τῶν στεμμάτων. ὁ γὰρ
Μέλας παρέστακέ μοι
τοῦτο, καὶ πρὸ Θέωνος
ἔλαβον, καὶ ἀνεδέξαντό με Σαραπάμμων
καὶ Ο…ωρίων. γιγνώσκειν σε θέλω, ὅτι πάντα,
ὅσα ἔχω, ξυλικὰ πέπρακα,
ἵνα μὴ ἐκ δευτέρου σοι
κοινωνήσω, ὡς εἰδὼς
τὴν ἀνάγκην προτρέψε τοὺς κοπεῖς ἐργάζεσθαι ἐπειδὴ ἔλαβον τὴν
τιμὴν αὐτῶν.
ἀσπάζομαι τὰ παιδία
σου.Translations (1)
[verso]
My (?) mother Tarach[…] […] received […], since the wood had been forbidden to be cut or to go out, knowing that I was insulted by the official in charge of the stemmata (registers). For Melas has confirmed this to me, and I received it before Theon, and Sarapammon and O[…]orion stood surety for me. I want you to know that I have sold all the timber I have, so that I may not be your partner a second time; so, as you know the necessity, urge the woodcutters to work, since I have received their price.
I greet your children.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 31212 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.lond;2;197v tier-1
- HGV-Text 31212 tier-1
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