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p.oslo.3.153 frühes II
Private Letter via HGV-meta
Letter mentioning lessons, bread and a gift of eggs and pomegranates. Fragmentary private letter in Greek in which the writer mentions a fee for lessons, asks for news of a brother, complains that others eat three times as much bread, and reports sending 10 eggs and 2 pomegranates via Euthenias. Greetings are sent to the mother Ptolema, brothers, Theudous, and Tamystha with her children. It dates to the early 2nd century AD. machine translation
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- Private Letter HGV-meta unbekanntfrühes II
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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κ[…]
ης[…]
κ[…]
ρη[…]
ου…ε[…]…ε μισθὸν δὲ […]πρὸς τὰ μαθήματα …[…]καὶ περὶ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ μου γράφειν μοι ἐκεῖ
πέμψας, ἵνα καὶ ἐγὼ
μεταλαμβάνων
ἀναψύχω. γίνωσκε ὅτι οὐχ ἡμεῖς τοὺς ἄρτους
δαπανῶμεν, ἀλλὰ ἀνὰ
τριπλασίονα ἡμῶν
ἔσθουσιν καὶ ἐὰν ὀλίγα ξύλα ἔχητε ? . ἐπισκοπούμεθα
ἀμμὰν μου Πτολέμαν
καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφούς μου
καὶ Θευδοῦν καὶ τοὺς ἐν
οἴκῳ πάντας. ἔπεμψά σοι διὰ Εὐθηνιᾶτος
ᾠὰ δέκα ῥοιὰς δύο ·
καὶ, εἰ θέλεις ᾠά,
πέμψον μοι ἔχω γὰρ ἄλλα
καὶ τὰ πρόλυπα ἀγορ[…]
ἐπισκοποῦμαι Ταμύσθαν
σὺν τοῖς τέκνοις αὐτῆς.
ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι.
Τῦβι κε.Translations (1)
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[…] and the fee […] for the lessons […] and about my brother, write to me there, sending (word?), so that I too, on receiving it, may be refreshed. Know that it is not we who consume the loaves, but they eat three times as much as we do; and if you have a little firewood […]. We greet my mother Ptolema and my brothers and Theudous and all those in the house. I sent you through Euthenias 10 eggs and 2 pomegranates; and if you want eggs, send to me, for I have others, and the [...] (?) bought (?) […]. I greet Tamystha with her children.
I pray for your health.
Tybi 25.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 28914 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oslo;3;153 tier-1
- HGV-Text 28914 tier-1
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