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p.mich.8.512 frühes IIIAlexandria (?)
Private Letter via APIS-papyrus
Letter from Ptolemaios to his son Heron about ceding property to Didymos. A private letter from Ptolemaios to his son Heron, reporting that no buyer has been found and that he is ceding everything to Didymos in return for a third of the loan and other assets. He explains that a dispute with another Ptolemaios has delayed matters, and sends greetings to the family. It dates to the early 3rd century AD, possibly written at Alexandria. machine translation
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TM 30512.
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- Private Letter APIS-papyrus Alexandria (?)(Early) IIIrd century A.D.
- Ptolemaeus to Heron HGV-meta Alexandria (?)frühes III
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
Πτολεμαῖος Ἥρωνι τῶι υἱῷ χαίρειν.
μέχρι σήμερον οὐχ εὕραμεν ἀγοραστήν. ἐκχωρῶ
πάντα Διδύμῳ ἐπὶ τῷ λαβεῖν με τὸ τρίτον μέρος
τοῦ δανείου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων. εἰ μὴ ὅτι συνεζήτηκα
τῷ Πτολεμαίῳ πάλαι ἂν ἀπηλλαγμένοι ἦμεν· ὠργίσθη
γὰρ καταβάς. διὸ γράφω σοι ἵνʼ εἰδῇς. ἀσπάζου
τὰ τέκνα σου καὶ πάντας τοὺς σοὺς καὶ Τάιν καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς.
ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι.
[v]
ἀπόδος Ἥρωνι ὁριοδείκτῃ.Translations (1)
[recto]
Ptolemaios to Heron his son, greetings.
Until today we have not found a buyer. I am ceding everything to Didymos on condition that I receive the third part of the loan and of the other things. If I had not got into a dispute with Ptolemaios, we would long since have been finished; for he was angry [when he came down]. Therefore I write to you so that you may know. Greet [your] children and all your people and Tais and her children.
I pray for your health.
[verso]
Deliver to Heron, boundary-marker (?).
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Alexandria
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 30512 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mich;8;512 tier-1
- HGV-Text 30512 tier-1
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