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p.mich.15.755 IIIKaranis (Arsinoites)
Private Letter via APIS-papyrus
Letter to Bakchios asking him to pay wheat to Koutites. A private letter from Karanis in the 3rd century AD to a man named Bakchios, whom the writer calls brother. The writer asks him to pay Koutites 4 artabas 4 measures of wheat out of a deposit held from the price of olives, less a jar already taken, because the writer had received the grain from Koutites and is about to travel. machine translation
The same text in other collections
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TM 31557.
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- Private Letter APIS-papyrus Karanis (Arsinoites)IIIrd century A.D.
- Letter to a Brother HGV-meta Karanis (Arsinoites)III
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[…] Βακχίῳ
τῷ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν.
ἐπισπούδασον, κύριέ μου
ἀδελφέ, λαβών μου τὰ γράμματα δοῦναι Κουτίτῃ
ἀδελφῷ ἡμῶν ὧν ἔχεις
ἐν παραθέσει ἀπὸ τιμῆς
ἐλαιῶν σίτου ἀρτάβας
τέσσαρες μέτρα τέσσαρα. κούφισον
κεράμιον ἓν ὃ λέγεις ὅτι ἦρε
καὶ χάριν ἔχω. μὴ οὖν ἀμελήσῃς δοῦναι αὐτὰ αὐτῷ
ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἔλαβα αὐτὰ παρʼ αὐτοῦ.
ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἀποδημῶ ἐὰν θέλῃ
…[…] κουφίσαι τὰς δύο ἀρτάβας ὑπὲρ ὧν οἶδας καὶ σοὶ
χάριν ἔχω. καὶ τὰς ἴσας ἀρτάβας
[…]ων σου ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ
[…] μὴ οὖν αὐτὸν
[…] ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἐχρησάμην
[…]… χρείαν εἶχον.
ἀσπάζομαι τὴν μικράν θυγατέρα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι.Translations (1)
[…] to Bakchios
his brother, greeting.
Hasten, my lord brother, on receiving my letter, to give to Koutites our brother, out of what you hold on deposit from the price of the olives, 4 artabas 4 measures of wheat. Deduct 1 jar which you say that he took, and I shall be grateful. So do not neglect to give them to him, since I received them from him. For since I am going abroad, if he wishes […] to deduct the 2 artabas on account of the things you know about, I shall be grateful to you too. And the same number of artabas […] your […] in Alexandria […] so do not […] him […] since I used […] I had need.
I greet the little daughter of your brother. I pray for your health.
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Karanis
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 31557 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mich;15;755 tier-1
- HGV-Text 31557 tier-1
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