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p.oxy.10.1294 spätes II - frühes IIIOxyrhynchos

Letter to Didyme via HGV-meta

Letter to Didyme about a chest and a basket of goods sent by sailor. A private letter from a man (name lost) to Didyme, his 'sister', telling her to collect a chest and a basket of goods, including glass flasks, skins, a cloak and daggers, sent through a slave of the strategos and a sailor, with the basket's key sent separately. He reassures her about the rent and greets their daughter Tauseiris and Sarapas. Oxyrhynchus, late 2nd to early 3rd century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] […] Διδύμηι τῆι ἀδελφῇ καὶ κυρίαι χαίρειν. κόμισαι παρὰ τοῦ δούλου τοῦ στρατηγοῦ χειλωμάτιον […]ν ἐν ᾧ δύο τετραδέρματα καὶ ἱμάτιον […]…ατευο καὶ χείλωμα, καὶ παρὰ Διδύμου τοῦ ναυτικοῦ πανάριον ἐν ᾧ ὑαλαῖ λάγυνοι δ ὕγιαι καὶ ἱμάντα δεδεμένον εἰς τὸ πανάριον καλὸν καὶ γ σικάρια· ἐξ αὐτῶν σεαυτῇ ἓν ἆρον. καὶ παρὰ Κάρπου τοῦ Κλέωνος κόμισαι τὸ τοῦ παναρίου κλειδίον. ἐὰν δὲ σὺ μὴ δυνηθῇς ἀνοῖξαι τὸ πανάριον, δυσκόλως γὰρ ἀνοίγεται, δὸς τῷ κλειδοποιῷ καὶ ἀνοίξει σοι …[…]μελησάτω δέ σοι τῶν ἐν τῷ χειλώματι ἵνα μὴ σαπῇ. μὴ ὀλιγοψύχῃ δὲ περὶ τοῦ ἐνοικίου, εἰσάπαξ γὰρ αὐτὸ λήμψῃ. περὶ πάντων τούτων εἰ ἐκομίσω δήλωσόν μοι διὰ τοῦ ναυτικοῦ, ἐὰν δὲ τινός σοι χρεία ἦν, δήλωσόν μοι. ἀσπάζομαι Ταυσεῖριν τὴν θυγατέρα καὶ Σαραπᾶν. ἔρρωσο, ἀδελφή. […]… κ. [v] Διδύμῃ.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] […] to Didyme, his sister and lady, greetings. [Receive from the] slave of the strategos a small chest […] in which there are two four-hide skins and a cloak […] and a chest, and from Didymos the sailor a basket in which there are 4 glass flasks, intact, and a fine strap tied to the basket, and 3 daggers (?); take one of them for yourself. And from Karpos, the ⟦slave⟧ of Kleon, receive the key of the basket. [If you] cannot open the basket, for it opens with difficulty, give it to the locksmith and he will open it for you. […] Take care of the things in the chest so that they do not rot. Do not be anxious about the rent, for you will receive it all at once. Let me know through the sailor whether you have received all these things, and if you need anything, let me know. I greet Tauseiris my daughter and Sarapas. Farewell, sister. […] 20. [verso] To Didyme.

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