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p.oslo.2.56 II
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Letter from Ioustos to Ploution asking for textile purchases in Busiris. A private letter from Ioustos (Justus) to his friend Ploution, asking him to buy linen tunics and other textiles in Busiris, with a price limit of 40 drachmas for the tunics. It dates to the 2nd century AD; the end is lost, and the back carries the address. machine translation
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Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 28904.
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- Letter HGV-meta unbekanntII
- Private letter APIS-papyrus Unknown place, province of EgyptIInd century A.D.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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Ἰοῦστος Πλουτίωνι τῷ φιλτάτωι
πλεῖστα χαίρειν.
εὖ ποιήσεις ἀγοράσας μοι ἐν Βουσῖρι χιτῶνας
λινοῦς δύο στερεὰ καθάρεια καλὰ
ἕως δραχμῶν μ, ἐπικαρσίων Διοσπόλεως ζεῦγος καλόν, βαλανάριον μοναχόν, ἡμιτύλιον καλόν εἴ τι μείζω βλέπε οὖν μὴ
ἀμελήσῃς ἄλλο χείρω τῆς Σάεως
[…]
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[v]
ἀπόδος Πλουτίωνι[…]Translations (1)
[recto]
Ioustos to his dearest Ploution, very many greetings.
Please buy for me in Busiris two linen tunics, solid, clean, fine, up to 40 drachmas; a fine pair of Diospolis cross-striped (garments) (?), a single bath-towel (?), a fine half-blanket (?), if anything larger. So see that you do not neglect it; another, worse than the one from Sais (?) […]
[…]
[verso]
Deliver to Ploution […]
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 28904 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oslo;2;56 tier-1
- HGV-Text 28904 tier-1
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