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p.oslo.2.60 II
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Letter from Heron to Didymos about buying tripod covers at Dionysias. A private letter from Heron to Didymos, passing on a request from Ptolemaios, the chief scribe, that Didymos go to Dionysias to buy covers for the tripod tables of a dining room and send them to him. Heron urges speed and encloses Ptolemaios' own letter. It dates to the 2nd century AD. machine translation
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TM 28905.
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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
[r]
Ἥρων Διδύμωι τῶι τιμιωτάτωι χαίρειν.
Πτολεμαῖος ἀρχιγραμματεὺς ἔγραψέ μοι
παρακαλέσαι σὲ ὅπως σκυλῇς εἰς Διονυσιάδα
καὶ ἐπιθέματα τριπόδων τρικλινικῶν
καὶ αὐτῷ φίλου ἀναγκαίου ἐπιθεμένου ἀγοράσας διαπέμπῃς αὐτῷ. καὶ εἰδὼς ὅτι ποιήσεις
ἔγραψά σοι
. ἀλλὰ τάχιον ποιῆσαι παρακαλῶ,
ἐπειδὴ καὶ ἐρωτῶν ἡμῖν ὁ φίλος ἐπιβαρεῖ. νομίζω δὲ τὴν δέησιν αὐτοῦ μὴ εἶναί σοι φορτικὴν φίλῳ σου ὄντι. ἔπεμψα δέ σοι καὶ τὰ παρʼ αὐτοῦ
γράμματα. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι, κύριέ μου.
[v]
Διδύμωι ἀπὸ Ἥρωνος.Translations (1)
[recto]
Heron to Didymos, most honoured, greetings.
Ptolemaios the chief scribe wrote to me to ask you to take the trouble to go to Dionysias and, having bought covers for dining-room tripods, also for him, since a close friend has pressed him, to send them on to him. And knowing that you will do it, I wrote to you ⟦you will do it, but⟧. But I ask you to do it quickly, since the friend too weighs on us with his requests. I think that his request will not be burdensome to you, being your friend. I have also sent you the letter from him.
I pray for your health, my lord.
[verso]
To Didymos from Heron.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 28905 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oslo;2;60 tier-1
- HGV-Text 28905 tier-1
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