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Letter from Melkalios to Areion via HGV-meta
Letter from Melkalios to his father Areion about olives and oil jars. A private letter from Melkalios to his father Areion, reporting that he has bought olives in connection with jars of sweet oil and asking Areion to send for them, with greetings to and from family and friends. Below the letter is a short account of wheat in artabas and measures for the months Epeiph, Thoth and Hathyr. It dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD. machine translation
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- Letter from Melkalios to Areion HGV-meta unbekanntII - III
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[ctr]
Μελκάλιος Ἀρείονι τῷ πατρὶ χαίρειν.
ὃ ἐπεστείλω μοι περὶ τῶν κεραμίων τῶν
γλυκελαιῶν, ἠγόρακα τὰς ἐλαίας καὶ κιντα…[…]
ἐὰν οὖν θέλῃς, πέμψον ἐπʼ αὐτάς· οὐκ ἔχω γὰρ
[…]…ν…[…]………ι πέμψω αὐτά. ἄσπασαι Ἀσκληπιάδην, ἀσπάζεταί σε Σαραπίων καὶ
[…]ητρι καὶ Τριμέας.
ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι.
[minf]
Ἐπεὶφ πυροῦ ἀρτάβη α μέτρα ϛ
Θὼθ πυροῦ ἀρτάβη α μέτρα γ
Ἁθὺρ πυροῦ ἀρτάβη α μέτρον αTranslations (1)
Melkalios to Areion his father, greetings.
As for what you wrote to me about the jars of sweet oil, I have bought the olives and […]
So if you wish, send for them; for I do not have […] I will send them. Greet Asklepiades; Sarapion greets you, and […]etri and Trimeas.
I pray for your health.
[lower margin]
Epeiph: wheat, 1 artaba, 6 measures
Thoth: wheat, 1 artaba, 3 measures
Hathyr: wheat, 1 artaba, 1 measure
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