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p.lond.3.899 II
Letter from Hermaios to his son Areios about purple dye and accounts. A private letter of the 2nd century AD from Hermaios to his son Areios. He reports sending purple dye, 12 eggs for a little girl and 160 drachmas, and tells Areios to settle accounts with a certain Paneros and pay him 60 drachmas more. machine translation
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TM 29246.
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Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
χαίροις, τέκνον Ἄρειε,
ἀπὸ Ἑρμαίου πατρός.
τὸ πορφύριόν σοι ἔπεμψα·
τὸ οὖν βαθύτερον πεποίηται
εἰς τὸ σπανὸν καὶ τὸ ὀξύτερον
εἰς τὸ ἄλλο. ἔπεμψα τῇ μικρᾷ
ᾠὰ ιβ. ἐὰν Πανέρως ἔλθῃ πρὸς
σέ, λογοποίησαι πρὸς αὐτὸν τί
πρότερον ὀφείλει καὶ πρόσδος
αὐτῷ δραχμὰς ξ ἕνα λόγον ποιήσας.
οὐ λόγος ἐστὶν περὶ γραμμάτων
αὐτοῦ, ἐὰν λογοποιήσηται. ἔπεμψά σοι δραχμὰς ρξ. ἄσπασαι τὴν μικρὰν καὶ
τὴν μητέρα αὐτῆς, μηδέν σοι ἐν
[…] ἀγρῷ τῇ κηTranslations (1)
Greetings, my child Areios,
from Hermaios your father.
I have sent you the purple dye; the darker shade has been made for the sparse (?) one and the brighter for the other. I have sent 12 eggs to the little girl. If Paneros comes to you, settle accounts with him on what he owes from before, and pay him an additional 60 drachmas, making a single account. There is no question about his written documents (?), if he settles accounts. I have sent you 160 drachmas. Greet the little girl and her mother, nothing to you in […] field (?) on the 28th.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 29246 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.lond;3;899 tier-1
- HGV-Text 29246 tier-1
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