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p.lond.7.2049 Mitte III v.Chr.
Letter to Polemon with instructions on handling and selling wine. Fragment of a Ptolemaic letter of the mid-3rd century BC addressed to Polemon, giving instructions about numbered jars or batches of wine: those going off are to be sent to be sold through a tavern, others moved about, and a jar at its prime sold locally if a buyer is found. machine translation
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- (untitled record) HGV-meta unbekanntMitte III v.Chr.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
[… ? lines lost …]
… τὴν
δε δ εἰ ναυσιᾶι σκεψάμενος
ἀκριβῶς καὶ κομπάσας ἀπόστειλόν μοι. διὰ γὰρ
τοῦ καπηλείου οἰκονομηθήσεται τάδε ἀκέραια. εἰ δὲ ἔτι
οἰνώδης ἐστὶν καὶ ἡ ζ, καὶ ταύτην ἀπόστειλον. τὴν δὲ η καὶ
θ μετακίνησον τόπον ἐκ τόπου καὶ οὐ καταδιώξει ἡμᾶς.
εἰ δὲ τελέως ἀκμάζει ἡ θ,
ἐὰν εὑρίσκηι σοι, τιμὴν ἐπὶ τῶν
τόπων διαθοῦ, παρʼ ἡμῖν μέν
[… ? lines lost …]
[v]
Πολέμωνι.Translations (1)
[recto]
[…]
… the [… jar (?)] … if it is turning bad (?), examine it carefully and, having tapped it (?), send it to me. For through the tavern these will be disposed of while still sound. And if no. 7 is still winy, send this one too. As for no. 8 and no. 9, move them from place to place and it will not get the better of us (?). But if no. 9 is fully at its prime, if it finds a buyer for you, sell it at a price on the spot, while with us […]
[…]
[verso]
To Polemon.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 1611 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.lond;7;2049 tier-1
- HGV-Text 1611 tier-1
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