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p.nyu.1.25 IVKaranis (Arsinoites, Ägypten)
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Letter from Kopres to his father Heron about a relief of workmen. A private letter from Kopres to his father Heron, found at Karanis and dating to the 4th century AD. Kopres insists that the overseer, not he, is holding back the workmen, urges his father to send the relief crew on the appointed day or he will come himself, and reports finding small stones at 18 talents each. machine translation
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Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
τῷ κυρίῳ μου πατρὶ Ἥρωνι Κοπρῆς
χαίρειν·
πρὸ πάντων εὔχομαι τῷ θεῷ ὑγιαίνοντί σοι
καὶ εὐθυμοῦντι ἀποδοθῆναι τὰ παρʼ ἐμοῦ γράμματα.
ὡς ἔπεμψές μοι τῇ εἰκάδι τοῦ Χοίακ ἧκα πρὸ πάντων τῆς ἀλλαγῆς. μὴ νόμιζε οὖν ὅτι ἐγὼ
κατέχω τοὺς ἐργάτας, ἀλλʼ ὁ ἐπιμελητής
ἐστιν ὁ αὐτοὺς κατέχων. ἀλλὰ σπούδασον οὖν
καὶ σὺ πρὸ πάντων τὴν ἀλλαγὴν πέμψαι. ἐὰν
δὲ μὴ πέμψῃς τῇ ὡρισμένῃ ἡμέρᾳ τὴν ἀλλαγήν,
καθώσπερ μοι συνετάξω, εὐθέως τῆς ἡμέρας
τῆς ἀλλαγῆς καταλαβούσης ἀπαντήσω πρὸς σέ.
ἀσπάζομαι πάντας τοὺς ἡμετέρους κατʼ ὄνομα.
καὶ ἐὰν θέλῃς πέμψαι Ἀλῦπιν διὰ τὰ λιθάρια, πέμψον·
ηὕρηκα γὰρ αὐτὰ πρὸς δέκα καὶ ὀκτὼ τάλαντα
ἕκαστον λιθάριν. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς
χρόνοις.
[v]
κυρίῳ μου πατρὶ Ἥρωνι Κοπρῆς.Translations (1)
[recto]
To my lord father Heron, Kopres, greetings.
Before all else I pray to God that this letter from me may be delivered to you in good health and good spirits.
As you sent me (word) on the 20th of Choiak, I came above all for the relief (shift). So do not think that I am detaining the workmen; rather it is the overseer who is detaining them. But do you too, then, make haste above all to send the relief. If you do not send the relief on the appointed day, just as you arranged with me, immediately when the day of the relief arrives I will come to you.
I greet all our people by name.
And if you wish to send Alypis for the little stones, send him; for I have found them at 18 talents each little stone. I pray for your health for many years.
[verso]
To my lord father Heron, Kopres.
Connections
Found at
Karanis
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 33591 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.nyu;1;25 tier-1
- HGV-Text 33591 tier-1
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