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p.lund.2.5 ca 500 A. D.Provenance uncertain
Letter from Chrysaris to Leontios via APIS-papyrus
Letter from Chrysaris to Leontios demanding payment of two solidi. Private letter from Chrysaris, daughter of Ambrosios, to Leontios, a cumin-seller living in Narmouthis, demanding payment of 2 gold solidi. She hints that she could have brought a cavalry soldier or obtained letters from the bishop or vicarius to have him pursued, but has refrained, and asks him to send the money or half of it now. machine translation
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- Letter from Chrysaris to Leontios APIS-papyrus Provenance uncertainca 500 A. D.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Λεοντίῳ Χρυσαρὶς
ἡ θυγάτηρ Ἀμβροσίου χαίρειν.
γίνωσκε, ὡς ὅτι ἔμαθον, ὅτι εἰς
Ναρμοῦθιν οἰκεῖς πολλοῦ τοῦ χρόνου
καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησα ἐλθεῖν ἐκεῖ πρὸς
σὲ δὶα ἐξαγωγὴνδυναμένη ἐνεῖκαι μετʼ ἐμοῦ καὶ Ἠλίαν τὸν κλιβανάριον
τὸν διαφέροντά μου καὶ δυνάμενόν
σε ἀπαιτῆσαι καὶ πολλοστόν. ὁ αὐτὸς
Ἠλίας εἶπέν μοι, ὅτι καὶ γράμματα
λαμβάνω παρὰ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου
ἢ παρὰ τοῦ βικαρίου πρὸς τοὺς
πολιτευομένους, εἴ σε μεθοδεύσουσιν καὶ οὐκ ἠθέληκα διὰ τὸν
ἔλαιον, ἵνα μὴ ἐξαγωγὴν πάθῃς.
ἐθέλησον οὖν ἀποστεῖλαι τὰ δύοὁλοκόττινα ἤ, ἂν θελήσῃς,
ἔλθω ἐκεῖ. ἀντίγραψόν μοι καὶ ἔρχομαι πρὸς σὲ ἢ ἂν μὲν πάλιν
θέλῃς ἀποστεῖλαί μοι τὸ ἥμισυ
τέως ἄρτι ἀπόστειλον καὶ μετὰ ὀλίγας ἡμέρας, τὸ πρόλοιπον.
ἐρρῶσθαί σε
εὔχομαι πολλοῖς
χρόνοις, κύριε.
[v]
ἀπόδος Λεοντίῳ κυμινᾷ παρὰ
Χρυσαρίτος θυγατρὸς Ἀμβροσίου.Translations (1)
[recto]
To my lord brother Leontios, Chrysaris the daughter of Ambrosios, greetings.
Know that I have learned that you have been living in Narmouthis for a long time, and I did not want to come there to you on account of a forced exaction (?), although I could have brought with me Elias the klibanarios, who is close to me and who could have exacted even many times as much from you. The same Elias told me that I could also obtain letters from the bishop or from the vicarius to the councillors, so that they would proceed against you, but I did not want this because of the oil, so that you would not suffer an exaction. Be willing, then, to send the 2 solidi, or, if you wish, I will come there. Write back to me and I will come to you; or if again you wish to send me half, send it right now for the time being, and after a few days the remainder.
I pray that you are well for many years, lord.
[verso]
Deliver to Leontios the cumin-seller, from Chrysaris daughter of Ambrosios.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 41035 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.lund;2;5 tier-1
- HGV-Text 41035 tier-1
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