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p.mich.1.43 26. Okt. 253 v.Chr.Arsinoites
Letter from Nikobios to Maimachos via HGV-meta
Letter from Nikobios to Maimachos forwarding complaint about grain and sesame deliveries. An official letter from Nikobios to Maimachos, a nomarch in the Arsinoite nome, forwarding a copy of a letter from his superior Diotimos complaining that the nomarchs were failing to deliver the required wheat and sesame. Nikobios asks Maimachos for an account of how much grain and sesame he has measured in. It dates to 253 BC. machine translation
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- Letter from Nikobios to Maimachos HGV-meta Arsinoites26. Okt. 253 v.Chr.
- Official Letter APIS-papyrus ArsinoitesOctober 26, 253 B.C.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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Νικόβιος Μαιμάχωι χαίρειν. ὑπογέγραφά σοι τῆς παρὰ Διοτίμου ἐπιστολῆς
τὸ ἀντίγραφον. καλῶς οὖν ποιήσεις γράψας ἡμῖν ἀπολογισμὸν περί τε τοῦ
σίτου καὶ τοῦ σησάμου, πόσον εἰσμεμέτρηκας εἰς τὸ π…σο…[…]
αὐτῶι, ὅπως ἐπιστείλωμεν καθότι γράφει. ἔρρωσο. ἔτους λγ, Θῶυθ β.
Διότιμος Νικοβίωι χαίρειν. ἐπειδὴ ἀφʼ οὗ ἐξεδημήσαμεν οὐθὲν τῶν κατὰ λόγον
ποιοῦσιν οἱ νομάρχαι ἐν τῆι τοῦ σησάμου καὶ τοῦ σίτου μετρήσει, ὡς ἂν λάβηις τὴν
ἐπιστολήν, ἐὰν μὴ παραχρῆμα ἀπομετρῶσι τὸ καθῆκον πλῆθος, μηθενὸς ἀπόσχηι,
μετρηθήσεται δὲ ἐὰν αὐτὸς ἐπιστῆις ἐφʼ ἕκαστον τόπον καὶ συναναγκάζηις.
ἔρρωσο. ἔτους λγ, Μεσορὴ η.
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Μαιμάχωι.Translations (1)
[recto]
Nikobios to Maimachos, greetings. I have copied for you below the letter from Diotimos. Please, therefore, write us an account concerning both the wheat and the sesame, how much you have measured into the […] for him, so that we may send word as he writes. Farewell. Year 33, Thoth 2.
Diotimos to Nikobios, greetings. Since, from the time we went away, the nomarchs have been doing nothing as they should in the measuring of the sesame and the wheat, as soon as you receive the letter, if they do not immediately measure out the due quantity, spare no effort; it will be measured if you yourself go in person to each place and apply pressure. Farewell. Year 33, Mesore 8.
[verso]
To Maimachos.
Connections
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Arsinoite nome
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 1943 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mich;1;43 tier-1
- HGV-Text 1943 tier-1
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