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Letter of Hermes via HGV-meta
Letter from Hermes to his brother about food and an archive search. A private letter from Hermes to a brother, sending 22 pairs of fine loaves and asking for a sack, seven large cheeses and honeycombs for their sister Theodoris. He also asks his brother to have records searched in the archive from year 1 to year 9 of Alexander (probably Severus Alexander) with the help of a contact there, and to get signatures from relatives. machine translation
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TM 21320.
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Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Ἑρμῆς[…]τῷ γλυκυτάτῳ χαίρειν ?. πρὸ μὲν πάντων
ὁλοκληρεῖν σε εὐχόμεθα
καὶ τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ
παρὰ τοῖς πατρῴοις θεοῖς.
γράφων περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας σου, ἄδελφε, μὴ ἀμέλει. μνήσθητι τοῦ ἀνθρώπου· οἶδας δὲ τίνα λέγω· ἐν τῇ βιβλιοθήκῃ. κόμισαι παρὰ τοῦ ἀναδιδόντος σοι τὰ γράμματα σελιγνίων ζεύγη κβ. ἀλλʼ ἐν ταχεῖ τὸν σάκκον μοι πέμψον
καὶ τυροὺς μεγάλους ζ καὶ
τῆς ἀδελφῆς ἡμῶν Θεοδωρίδος μελικηρίδων δραχμὰς β διώβολον· περὶ
ὧν χρῄζεις, γλυκύτατε
ἄδελφε, γράφων μοι μὴ ὄκνει.
καὶ γράφε μοι τὰ γενόμενα·
πολὺ γὰρ σπουδάζω μαθεῖν. οἶδε ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὅ τι ἂν ζητῇς
ἐν τῇ βιβλιοθήκῃ. ζήτει
ἀπὸ α ἔτους Ἀλεξάνδρου ἕως τοῦ θ ἔτους,
καὶ ἐὰν δυνηθῇς παρὰ τῶν ἄλλων συνγενῶν ἡμῶν ὑπογραφὴν λαβεῖν, καλῶς ποιεῖς.
ἀσπάζεταί σε ἡ γυνὴ καὶ Ἰσίδωρος ὁ συνγενὴς ἡμῶν.
ἀσπάζονταί σε οἱ ἡμῶν
πάντες καὶ ἡ ἀδελφὴ ἡμῶν
Θεοδωρίς. ἔρρωσό μοι, γλυκύτατε ἄδελφε, διὰ βίου
ὁλοκληροῦντά
σε ἀπολάβω.
ἀσπάζομαι Ἑρμῆς.Translations (1)
Hermes to his dearest […], greetings (?). Before all else we pray that you are in good health, and I make your obeisance before our ancestral gods.
Do not neglect to write about your well-being, brother. Remember the man; you know whom I mean; in the archive. Receive from the one delivering the letter to you 22 pairs of fine wheat loaves. But send me the sack quickly, and 7 large cheeses, and for our sister Theodoris honeycombs worth 2 drachmas 2 obols. About whatever you need, dearest brother, do not hesitate to write to me. And write to me what has happened, for I am very eager to learn. The man knows whatever you are looking for in the archive. Search from year 1 of Alexander up to year 9, and if you can obtain a signature from our other relatives, you will do well.
Your wife greets you, and Isidoros our relative. All our people greet you, and our sister Theodoris.
Farewell, dearest brother, all your life; may I receive you back in good health.
I, Hermes, greet you.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 21320 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mert;2;85 tier-1
- HGV-Text 21320 tier-1
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