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p.mich.8.489 II
Private Letter via APIS-papyrus
Letter from the veteran Longinus Clemens to Ptolemaios about grain and farm work. A private letter from Longinus Clemens, an army veteran, to Ptolemaios, whom he calls his brother, about his affairs. He complains that Apolinaris paid him only 500 drachmas and asks Ptolemaios to send his grain from the last two years, store everything in his house before his arrival, and supervise the farm work carefully. machine translation
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- Private Letter APIS-papyrus unknown place (Alexandria?), proviIInd century A.D.
- Longinus Clemens to Ptolemaeus HGV-meta unbekanntII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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Λογγεῖνος Πτολεμαίωι τῶι ἀδελφῶι
πολλὰ χαίρειν.
πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν καὶ τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Σαράπιδι. γίνωσκε Ἀπολιναριν
μὴ δεδωκέναι μοι εἰ μὴ μόνας τὰς δραχμὰς φ. ἐπεὶ δ…[…]αλω[…]… ἐγεγραφήκεις, καλῶς οὖν ποιήσεις τὰ σιτάριά μου πέμψας σὺν
τοῖς ε…μείνασι περυσινοῖς καὶ τῷ διαφόρῳ αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ
προπέρυσι σὺν τῷ διαφόρῳ αὐτῶν. τὸν θερισμὸν μὴ παρελκύσας πάλιν τὸ προσγεινόμενον …[…]…[…]…[…]…ς ὠφελ[…]…α[…]
ἵνα καὶ ἐγὼ ὦ πεφιλανθρωπημένος. ἐκ τοῦ ἰδίου τοῦ …[…]…
ἐκτός μου ὅτε καὶ ἐγὼ χρείαν εἶχον πλέω τῆς τιμῆς …[…]… ἐγκλείσεις οὖν ὅλον εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν μου ἵνα σὺν θεῷ παραγενόμενος
εὕρω αὐτὰ ὑφʼ ἕν. τὰ ἔργα ἐπιμελῶς …ιανση καὶ πάντα γενέσθω ὡς ὑπέσχου μοι καὶ τῶν …ε…δίων τὰ ἔργα ἐπιμελῶς ἐφόδευσον …[…]…ει Καπίτωνι ἵνα κατατ[…]
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ἀπόδος Πτολεμαίωι.
παρὰ Λονγείνου Κλήμεντος οὐετρανοῦ.Translations (1)
[recto]
Longinus to Ptolemaios his brother, many greetings.
Before all else I pray that you are well, and I make obeisance for you before the lord Sarapis. Know that Apolinaris has given me only the 500 drachmas. Since […] you had written, you will do well, then, to send my grain along with the […] remaining from last year and their difference (?), and that of the year before last with their difference. Do not delay the harvest; again the increase […] benefit (?) […] so that I too may be treated kindly. From his own […] apart from me, when I too had need of more than the price […]. So you will shut it all up in my house, so that when I arrive, god willing, I may find it all together. [Attend to (?)] the work carefully, and let everything be done as you promised me, and inspect carefully the work of the […] […] to Kapiton, so that […]
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[verso]
Deliver to Ptolemaios.
From Longinus Clemens, veteran.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 27099 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mich;8;489 tier-1
- HGV-Text 27099 tier-1
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