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p.mich.mchl.25 December 2, 88 A.D.
private letter via APIS-papyrus
Letter from Diogenes to his brother Dorion about oil prices and timber. A private letter from Diogenes to his brother Dorion about the high price of olive oil where Dorion lives and about some pieces of wood Diogenes wants sent to him. He asks for one metretes of good oil at the current price and promises to pay the freight. Dated 2 December AD 88. machine translation
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TM 40821.
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- private letter APIS-papyrus unknownDecember 2, 88 A.D.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
Διογένης Δωρίωνι τῶι ἀδελφῶι
χαίρειν.
ἀναγκαῖον ἡγησάμην διὰ γραπτοῦ πρὸ πάντων ἀσπάσασθαί σε.
ἔγραψάς μοι περὶ τῆς τιμῆς τοῦ
ἐλαίου ὅτι νῦν ἐστιν τιμῆς πολλῆς
παρά σοι καὶ οὐ δοκεῖ μοι πολλοῦ ἀγοράσαι. καὶ πρώην σοι ἔγραψα περὶ τῶν
ξυλαρίων ἵνα μοι αὐτὰ πέμψῃς. ἐὰν
οὖν κομισθῇ μοι, δώσω αὐτοῖς τὸ φόρετρον. πέμψεις δέ μοι μετρητὴν
ἐλαίου τῆς οὔσης τιμῆς μόνον καλοῦ.
ἔρρωσο.
ἄσπασαι Πολυδᾶν τὸν φίλον
καὶ πάντας τοὺς σούς.
ἔτους η Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Δομιτιανοῦ
Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ. Χοιὰκ ϛ.
[v]
ἀπὸ Διογένους Δωρίωνι τῶι ἀδελφῶιTranslations (1)
[recto]
Diogenes to Dorion his brother, greeting.
I thought it necessary to greet you by letter before all else. You wrote to me about the price of the oil, that it is now at a high price where you are, and it does not seem good to me to buy at a high price. And the other day I wrote to you about the pieces of wood, that you should send them to me. So if they are delivered to me, I will give them the freight charge. And you will send me a metretes of oil at the current price, only good quality.
Farewell.
Greet Polydas our friend and all your people.
Year 8 of Imperator Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus, Choiak 6.
[verso]
From Diogenes to Dorion his brother.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 40821 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mich.mchl;;25 tier-1
- HGV-Text 40821 tier-1
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