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p.oslo.2.62 1. Hälfte IV

Letter via HGV-meta

Letter from Dioskourides to his sister Eudaimonis about a hearing before the prefect. A private letter from Dioskourides to his sister Eudaimonis, written in the first half of the 4th century AD. He reports that the prefect of Egypt agreed to hear his case on the return voyage downstream, that he is travelling with the official Severus as far as Koptos before coming home, and he mentions the sale of wine belonging to the nomarch of Sinary. machine translation

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  • Letter HGV-meta unbekannt1. Hälfte IV
  • Private letter APIS-papyrus Unknown place, province of Egypt1st half of the IVth century A.D.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[v] Διοσκουρίδης Εὐδαιμονίδι τῆι γλυκυτάτηι ἀδελφῇ χαίρειν. ἀσπάζομαί σε, ἀδελφή, διὰ τούτων μου τῶν γραμμάτων καὶ εὔχομαι πᾶσι τοῖς θεοῖς εὐθέως ἐπανελθόντα με καταλαβεῖν σε ὑγιαίνουσαν. τῷ λαμπροτάτῳ ἡγεμόνι προσῆλθον. προσεδέξατο τὸ πρᾶγμα εἰπὼν ἀκούσεσθαι τῷ καταπλόῳ. καὶ μέχρι τῆς Κοπτοῦ γείνομαι μετὰ τοῦ κρατίστου Σεουήρου καὶ ἐκεῖθεν θεῶν θελόντων ἐπανέρχομαι πρὸς σέ. ἡγοῦμαι ὅτι ὁ οἶνος τοῦ νομάρχου τῆς Σιναρὺ πέπρακται καλίστης τιμῆς. εἰ δὲ μή καλίστης[…] καὶ ὁ οἶνος[…] [… ? lines lost …] [r] [… ? lines lost …] Εὐδαιμονίδι ἀδελφῇ ἀπὸ Διοσκουρίδου. [… ? lines lost …]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[verso] Dioskourides to Eudaimonis, his sweetest sister, greetings. I greet you, sister, through this letter of mine, and I pray to all the gods that on my speedy return I may find you in good health. I went to the most illustrious prefect. He accepted the matter, saying that he would hear it at the downstream voyage. And as far as Koptos I am with the most excellent Severus, and from there, the gods willing, I am coming back to you. I think that the wine of the nomarch of Sinary has been sold at a very good price. But if not at a very good [price] […] and the wine […] […] [recto] […] To Eudaimonis, his sister, from Dioskourides. […]

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