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p.lond.2.356 IAlexandria
Letter from Prokleios to Pekysis about buying good-quality drugs. A private business letter from Prokleios to Pekysis asking him to sell good-quality drugs to Prokleios' friend Sotas, who will carry them to Prokleios in Alexandria. Prokleios warns that if inferior goods are supplied, Pekysis will be liable for the costs. It dates to the 1st century AD. machine translation
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- (untitled record) HGV-meta AlexandriaI
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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Προκλήιος Πεκύσει τῶι
φιλτάτωι χαίρειν
καλῶς ποιήσεις ἰδίωι
κινδύνῳ τὸ καλὸν πωλήσας ἐξ ὧν ἐάν σοι εἴπῃ φαρμάκων ἔχειν
χρείαν Σώτας ὁ φίλος
μου ὥστε ἐμοὶ κατενεγκεῖν αὐτὸν εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν. ἐὰν γὰρ ἄλλως ποιήσῃς ὥστε σαπρὸν αὐτῷ δοῦναι τὸ
μὴ χωροῦν ἐν τῇ Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ γίγνωσκε
σεαυτὸν ἕξοντα πρὸς ἐμὲ
περὶ τῶν δαπανῶν.
ἄσπασαι τοὺς σοὺς πάντας.
ἔρρωσο
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Πεκύει ἀπόδοςTranslations (1)
Prokleios to his dearest Pekysis, greetings.
You will do well, at your own risk, to sell good quality from whichever of the drugs my friend Sotas tells you he needs, so that he may bring it down to me at Alexandria. For if you act otherwise, so as to give him rotten stuff that will not pass in Alexandria, know that you will have to answer to me for the expenses.
Greet all your people.
Farewell.
[verso]
Deliver to Pekysis.
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Alexandria
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 25625 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.lond;2;356 tier-1
- HGV-Text 25625 tier-1
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