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p.mert.3.114 spätes IIArsinoites
Letter from Achillas via HGV-meta
Letter from Achillas to Sarapias and his mother about weaving garments. A private letter from Achillas to Sarapias and Thermouthis (his mother) about garments being woven for him, asking that they be made with a very fine weft and reporting the prices of warp thread and purple dye where he is. It comes from the Arsinoite nome in the late 2nd century AD. machine translation
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Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 28791.
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- Letter from Achillas HGV-meta Arsinoitesspätes II
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[v]
Ἀχιλλᾶς Σαραπιάδι καὶ
Θερμούθει χαίρειν.
καὶ χωρὶς τοῦ γράφειν με
οἶμαι καὶ ὑμᾶς πεφροντικέναι τῶν ἱματίων
μου ἐγβάντων τῶν
τοῦ πατρός μου,
εἰδυίας μου τὴν προαίρεσιν ὡς αἰσθανομένῳ ποιούσας. ὥστε
οὖν γράφω ὑμῖν ὅπως ἐνεργοῦσαι αὐτὰ λίαν ἰσχνοτέραν κρόκην
ποιήσητε αὐτά· ἐπειδὴ γὰρ
εὗρον στήμονα πρὸς
δραχμὰς η τὸ ἀνʼ εἴκοσι στάθμιον καὶ λίαν ἰσχνόν. καὶ γὰρ ἀγοράζω ἐκεῖ πορφύραν
πρὸς δραχμὰς δ τὸν στατῆρα
ὁλκῆς. ν[…]…θ…υ
σαι δὲ αὐτὰ δηλώσατέ μοι καὶ ὃ δέον ἐστὶ ποιήσωι.
ἐρρῶσθαι ὑμᾶς
εὔχομαι.
[r]
Σαραπιάδι καὶ τῇ μητρὶ ἀπὸ ἈχιλλᾶTranslations (1)
[verso]
Achillas to Sarapias and Thermouthis, greeting.
Even without my writing, I think that you too have taken care of my garments, the ones issued (?) from my father's, knowing my wish, acting as for one who will notice. So I am writing to you so that, when you work them, you make them with a very fine weft; for I found warp at 8 drachmas per twenty-weight, and very fine. And indeed I am buying purple there at 4 drachmas the stater by weight. […] and when you have […] them, let me know and what I must do.
I pray for your health.
[recto]
To Sarapias and to my mother, from Achillas.
Connections
Found at
Arsinoite nome
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 28791 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mert;3;114 tier-1
- HGV-Text 28791 tier-1
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