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p.mich.8.515 spätes III
Fragment of document via APIS-papyrus
Letter from Neilos to Agenor on behalf of a detained runaway. A letter from Neilos to his 'brother' Agenor asking him to help the bearer of the letter, a man held by the supervisor Anoubion for having run away in the time of a certain Kastorion. The bearer is willing to pay what is asked, and Neilos says Agenor can settle the matter. It dates to the late 3rd century AD, from an unknown place in Egypt. machine translation
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TM 30515.
Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.
- Fragment of document APIS-papyrus unknown place, province of Egyptspätes III
- Official Letter APIS-papyrus unknown place, province of Egypt(Late) IIIrd century A.D.
- Nilus to Agenor HGV-meta unbekanntspätes III
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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τὸν ἐργάτην τῆς Ἰβιῶνος ἀπάλλαξον ἀναβαίνων. τὸ γὰρ πρὸς ἀναπλεῦσαι ἔμβα, ὡς εἴρηκας.
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κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Ἀγήνωρι Νεῖλος χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσεις, κύριέ μου, συνάρασθαι
τῷ ἀναδιδόντί σοι τὰ γράμματα, ἐπειδὴ ὁ ἐπιστήκων Ἀνουβίων κατέχει αὐτὸν ὡς αὐτοῦ ἀποδράσαντος τῶν χρόνων Καστορίωνος, σοῦ ἀλύπου ὄντος ὑπὸ αὐτοῦ, εἶπέ μοι γὰρ ὅτι εἴ τι βούλεται διδῶ αὐτῷ, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἔγραψά σοι. ἐὰν γὰρ σὺ θελήσῃς, γείνεται αὐτοῦ τὸ ἔργον.
ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι
πολλοῖς χρόνοις.Translations (1)
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Release the workman of Ibion when you go up. For embark in order to sail up, as you have said.
[verso]
To my lord brother Agenor, Neilos, greetings. Please, my lord, help the man who delivers this letter to you, since the supervisor Anoubion is detaining him on the grounds that he ran away in the time of Kastorion, though you were not troubled (?) by him. For he told me that he will give him whatever he wants, and for this reason I have written to you. For if you are willing, his business will be done.
I pray for your health for many years.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 30515 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mich;8;515 tier-1
- HGV-Text 30515 tier-1
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