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p.meyer.23 Ende IV
Geschäftsbrief via HGV-meta
Business letter about money, a cloak and a payment from Tithoes. The end of a late fourth-century AD business letter. The writer, delayed somewhere by a dispute over money with a certain man, says he will come soon, asks that his brother have his cash ready and that a cloak be made for him, and instructs the recipient to take 280 talents of silver from Tithoes, the letter carrier, which the writer will repay when asked. machine translation
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TM 33283.
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- Geschäftsbrief HGV-meta unbekanntEnde IV
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[… ? lines lost …]
ωθη λε…[…] ἐπιστόλιόν μοι γράψει·
ἤδη γὰρ ὑμᾶς καταλάβω, οὐ μα Δία, τί γὰρ ἀνέμεινα τοσοῦτον χρόνον ἐνταῦθα διακατοχῇ
ἀνθρώπου τινός, ἕνεκεν ἀργυρίου ποίησον
τὸν ἀδελφόν μου ἑτοιμάσαι τὸ κέρμα αὐτοῦ
ἕως ἔλθω. καὶ γενέσθω μοι μαφόρτιον
διὰ ταχέως, ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἔχω. καὶ λαβὲ
παρὰ Τιθοῆτος τῷ προσφέροντί σοι
ταῦτά μου τὰ γράμματα ἀργυρίου
τάλαντα διακόσια ὀγδοήκοντα .
ὁπόταν θελήσῃ δώσομαι.
ἀσπάζομαι ὑμᾶς πάντας κατʼ
ὄνομα. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι
πολλοῖς χρόνοις.Translations (1)
[…] […] to write me a little letter. For I will soon reach you, no by Zeus, for why have I waited so long a time here because of the detention (?) by a certain man, on account of money. Make my brother get his cash ready until I come. And let a cloak (maphorion) be made for me quickly, since I do not have one. And receive from Tithoes, the man who brings you this letter of mine, 280 talents of silver. Whenever he wishes, I will give (it back). I greet you all by name. I pray for your health for many years.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 33283 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.meyer;;23 tier-1
- HGV-Text 33283 tier-1
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