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p.oxy.10.1295 II - frühes IIIOxyrhynchos

Letter of Tasoïs via HGV-meta

Letter from Tasois to Dionysios about her son. A letter from a mother, Tasois, to Dionysios, who apparently employs or has charge of her son. She complains of his harsh treatment of the boy, threatens to take him back, recalls her expenses for him after his father's death, and asks for two months' wages and news of money and clothing. It was written at Oxyrhynchus in the 2nd or early 3rd century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Τασόις Διονυσίωι τῶι τιμιωτάτωι χαίρειν. ἰδοὺ μὲν ἐγὼ οὐκ ἐμιμησάμην σε τοῦ ἀποσπᾶν τὸν υἱόν μου, ἐὰν δὲ μέλλῃς οὕτω αὐτῷ ἐπιτιμᾶν, Πτολεμαῖον πέμψασα ἀποσπάσω αὐτόν. ὅτε ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ ἐτελεύτησεν ἔδωκα ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ δραχμὰς Ατ καὶ ἀνάλωσα αὐτῷ εἰς ἱμάτια δραχμὰς ξ. διὸ οὖν μὴ ἀνάπειθε αὐτὸν τοῦ ἐκτός μου εἶναι, ἐπεὶ ἄρασα αὐτὸν ἐνέχυρον θήσω εἰς Ἀλεξάνδριαν. καλῶς οὖν ποιήσεις πέμψας μοι διμήνου ὀψώνιον διὰ τοῦ ἀναδιδόντος σοι τὸ ἐπιστόλιον καὶ τὸ ἱμάτιον, καὶ δήλωσόν μοι πόσον χαλκὸν δέδωκες αὐτῶι καὶ εἰ ἐκομίσω τὸ ἱμάτιον. πέμψον τὸ μαφόρτιον τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου. ἔρρωσο. [v] Διονυσίωι ἀπὸ Τασόιτος.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Tasois to the most honoured Dionysios, greetings. See, I have not imitated you in taking my son away; but if you intend to censure him like this, I will send Ptolemaios and take him away. When his father died I paid 1,300 drachmas on his behalf, and I spent 60 drachmas on him for clothes. So do not persuade him to be out of my control, since otherwise I will take him and put him in pledge at Alexandria. Please, then, send me two months' wages by the man who delivers the letter to you, together with the cloak, and let me know how much money you have given him and whether you received the cloak. Send the shawl (maphorion) to your brother. Farewell. [verso] To Dionysios from Tasois.

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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