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p.mich.1.37 24. Apr. - 23. Mai 254 v.Chr.Arsinoites

Letter from Petosiris to Theopompos via HGV-meta

Order to pay a stonecutter and builders for work on two houses. A payment order written as a letter, in duplicate (inner and outer copies), from Petosiris to Theopompos, instructing him to pay a stonecutter and several builders for cutting stone, hanging beams, roofing and levelling work on the houses of Nestor and Diotimos at Philadelphia. It dates to year 31 of Ptolemy II, April-May 254 BC. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r,int] Πετοσῖρις Θευπόμπωι χαίρειν. δὸς Τεῶτι λαξῶι μισθὸν θυρ[…] λιθίνης ἧς συνεβουλεύσατο[…] κόψαι ἐν τοῖς Νέστου δραχμὰς ϛ καὶ Ἁρεντώτῃ οἰκοδόμῳ εἰς δοκοὺς ὥστε κόψαι καὶ ἀνακρεμάσαι τὰς δοκοὺς καὶ κατοικοδομῆσαι δραχμὴν α ὀβολὸν καὶ Ἀμφίονι οἰκοδόμῳ καὶ Ψενψεῆβι εἰς δόρωμα ἐν τοῖς Διοτίμου πεντακλίνων[…] ιδ 𐅵 ὡς τοῦ πεντακλίνου[…] γίνονται ζ ὀβολοὶ β 𐅵 εἰς τοῦτο ἔχει α ὀβολὸν καὶ εἰς ὁμαλίαν τῶν Διοτίμου β. [r,ext] Πετοσῖρις Θευπόμπωι χαίρειν. δὸς Τεῶτι λαξῶι μισθὸν […] λιθίνης ἧς συνεβουλεύσατο[…] κόψαι ἐν τοῖς Νέστου δραχμὰς ϛ καὶ Ἁρ……………[…] ς ὥστε κόψαι καὶ ἀνακρεμάσαι τὰς δοκοὺς καὶ κατοικοδομ…[…] δραχμὴν α ὀβολὸν καὶ Ἀμφίονι […] καὶ Ψενψεῆβι εἰς […] τοῖς Διοτίμου ……[…] ιδ 𐅵 δραχμαὶ ζ ὀβολοὶ β 𐅵 εἰς …… […] εἰς ὁμαλίαν τῶν …… δραχμὰς β. ἔρρωσο, ἔτους λα, Φαμενὼθ[…] [v] εἰς τὰ Διοτίμου ἐν Φιλαδελφείαι δορώσεως πεντακλίνων[…] καὶ εἰς ὁμαλισμὸν δραχμὰς β τὸ πᾶν… [v,msup] δόρωσιν δ[…] ἐδοακ[…] ὁμαλισμοῦ δὲ δραχμὰς β

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EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto, inner text] Petosiris to Theopompos, greeting. Give to Teos the stonecutter the wage for the stone door(?) […] which he contracted […] to cut in the house of Nestor, 6 drachmas; and to Harentotes the builder for beams, to cut and hang up the beams and to build them in, 1 drachma 1 obol; and to Amphion the builder and Psenpsebis for roofing in the house of Diotimos of five-couch rooms […] 14 1/2 at the rate for a five-couch room […] total 7 (drachmas) 2 1/2 obols; towards this he has 1 (drachma) 1 obol; and for levelling in the house of Diotimos 2 (drachmas). [recto, outer text] Petosiris to Theopompos, greeting. Give to Teos the stonecutter the wage […] stone […] which he contracted […] to cut in the house of Nestor, 6 drachmas; and Har[entotes …] […] to cut and hang up the beams and to build them in […] 1 drachma 1 obol; and to Amphion […] and Psenpsebis for […] in the house of Diotimos […] 14 1/2, 7 drachmas 2 1/2 obols; for […] for levelling in the house of […] 2 drachmas. Farewell. Year 31, Phamenoth […] [verso] For the house of Diotimos in Philadelphia, for roofing of five-couch rooms […] and for levelling 2 drachmas. Total […] [verso, upper margin] Roofing […] […] ⟦five-couch⟧ and for levelling 2 drachmas

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