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p.mil.vogl.4.256 II - IIITebtynis (Arsinoites)

Lettera di Eraclide via HGV-meta

Letter from Herakleides to Tourbon about a water-wheel and land division. A private letter from Herakleides to Tourbon, reproaching him for neglecting an irrigation water-wheel and giving instructions about paying Hermes 4 drachmas for a land division, a goose-herd, and a woollen cloak, and urging him to come because of Sabinus. It dates to the 2nd-3rd century AD and comes from Tebtynis in the Arsinoite nome. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] … [v] Ἡρακλείδης Τούρβωνι χαίρειν. θαυμάζω πῶς οὐκ ἐφρόντισας τῆς μηχανῆς τῆς Ταλεί, καὶ χωρὶς τοῦ γράψαι με· ὁμοίως γὰρ ἔμαθον πεφροντικέναι σε τῆς Εἰβιῶνος· πάντως οὖν, εἴ τι θέλεις, πρᾶξον, ὅπως ἀντλήσῃ ἡ μηχανή. δώσεις δὲ δραχμὰς δ Ἑρμῇ, ὅπως ἡ διαίρεσις γένηται τῶν ἀρουρῶν· ἤδη γὰρ γεωργὸν ἔσχον τοῦ μέρους ἡμῶν· περὶ τοῦ χηνοβοσκοῦ σήμερον ἔμαθον καὶ μέχρι τούτου οὐκ ἀνῆλθε· σὺ δὲ ἠμέλησας, μὴ γράψας μοι περὶ τούτου. Σαραπιὰς δεξάτω σοι τὴν ἠπήτριαν καὶ δέξαι παρʼ αὐτῆς τὸν φαινόλην ἐρεοῦν· πάντως ἄνελθε πρὸς ἐμέ, ἐπεὶ χρεία σοῦ ἐστιν ἀναγκαίως χάριν Σαβείνου. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] … [verso] Herakleides to Tourbon, greetings. I am surprised that you did not take care of the water-wheel of Talei, even without my writing; for I learned that you likewise took care of that of Eibion. So by all means, if you want anything, act, so that the water-wheel draws water. And you will give 4 drachmas to Hermes, so that the division of the arouras takes place; for I have already found a farmer for our share. About the goose-herd I learned today, and up to now he has not come up; but you were negligent, not writing to me about this. Let Sarapias receive (?) the seamstress for you, and receive from her the woollen cloak. By all means come up to me, since there is urgent need of you on account of Sabinus. I pray for your health.

Connections

Found at Tebtynis (Arsinoites)

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