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p.mich.12.657 spätes II - frühes III
Private Letter via APIS-papyrus
Letter ordering dates before a trip down to Alexandria. A private letter, apparently from Zosimos to Antoninus, written by someone about to sail down to Alexandria in 15 days. He asks the recipient to buy and send pressed dates and Syrian dates, packed safely with the olive jars, and asks how the recipient wants to be repaid and what he wants brought back from Alexandria. machine translation
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 28810.
Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.
- Private Letter APIS-papyrus Unknown(Late) IInd century or early IIIrd century A.D.
- Private Letter HGV-meta unbekanntspätes II - frühes III
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
…ρο…[…]μ…[…]…
…ει εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν
ἔχω καταπλεῦσαι μεθʼ ἡμέρας ιε. πέμψεις
μοι ἀγοράσας ἢ διὰ
Πανίσκου ἢ μετὰ τῶν
ἐλαιῶν φοίνικος πατητοῦ ἀρτάβας δύο καὶ
Συρίου καλοῦ ἀρτάβην μίαν
ἕως δραχμῶν ιβ τοῖς λοιποῖς
παιδίοις. σὺ δὲ τῷ ἀσφαλέστερον φέροντι τὰ
φοινίκια δώσεις ἵνα
μὴ κακουργηθῇ. τὰ
γὰρ κεράμια τῶν ἐλαιῶν οἶμαί σε ἀσφαλῶς
πάλιν γυψιεῖν. γράψεις
δέ μοι πότερον βούλει τῷ χειριστῇ τὴν τιμὴν ὧν πέμπεις δοθῆναι ἵνα σοι παραδεχθῇ εἰς τὸν λόγον ἢ διὰ Πανίσκου σοι πεμφθῆναι θέλεις. περὶ ὧν βούλει
ἀπʼ Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐνεχθῆναί
σοι γράψον …[…]……ς
[…]…[…].
[… ? lines lost …]Translations (1)
[…]
[…] to Alexandria I am to sail down after 15 days. You will buy and send me, either through Paniskos or with the olives, 2 artabas of pressed dates and 1 artaba of good Syrian (dates), up to 12 drachmas, for the remaining children (or slaves). And you will give the dates to the one who will carry them more safely, so that they are not tampered with. For the jars of olives I think you will seal again securely with plaster. Write to me whether you want the price of what you send to be given to the manager, so that it may be credited to you in the account, or whether you want it sent to you through Paniskos. About the things you want brought to you from Alexandria, write […]
[…]
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 28810 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mich;12;657 tier-1
- HGV-Text 28810 tier-1
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