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p.oxy.12.1490 Oxyrhynchites, Ägypten

Letter of Heraclides to an Official via HGV-meta

Letter from Herakleides to Sarapion about the annona owed by Demetrios. Letter from Herakleides to Sarapion, apparently an official, on behalf of Demetrios the gnoster, asking that he not be troubled over past years and that the annona now being demanded be settled if possible, since they have no cattle or pigs. It was written on the back of a fragmentary account mentioning freight charges and arouras of land, in the Oxyrhynchite nome. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r,1] [… 13 lines lost …] αἱρέσι τ[…] φορέτρο […] διανομῆς ἀρουρῶν […] [r,2] [… 14 lines lost …] [v] Ἡρακλείδης Σαραπίωνι τῶι ἀξιολογωτάτῳ χαίρειν. Δημήτριος ὁ γνωστὴρ ἠξίωσέν με λέγειν σοι ὥστε αὐτὸν ἄλυπον γενέσθαι ὑπὲρ τῶν προτέρων ἐτῶν. λέγει γὰρ ὅτι ὠφέλησα αὐτὸν μεγάλως καὶ ἐν τῇ ἀννώνῃ. λέγει δὲ ὅτι ἀννώνα νῦν ζητεῖται. εἰ οὖν πάλιν δύνῃ ἐκπλέξαι παρὰ σεαυτῷ, τύχῃ τῇ ἀγαθῇ. εἰ δὲ μή γε, ἐπίστειλον τί θέλεις ἑτοιμασθῆναι. ἀλλὰ μὴ ἀμελήσῃς, οὔπω γὰρ ἐξῆλθον. ἐὰν ἰσχύσῃς ἐκπλέξαι, μέγα ἔργον ποιεῖς, διότι κτήνη οὐκ ἔχομεν οὐδὲ χοίρους. ἐρρῶσθαί σε ὁλοκληροῦντα εὔχομαι.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto, column 1] [… 13 lines lost …] choice (?) […] freight charge […] of the distribution, arouras […] [recto, column 2] [… 14 lines lost …] [verso] Herakleides to Sarapion, the most esteemed, greeting. Demetrios the gnoster has asked me to tell you that he should be left untroubled concerning the previous years. For he says that I helped him greatly also in the matter of the annona. And he says that the annona is now being demanded. If then you can again settle it on your own account, good luck to it. But if not, write what you wish to be made ready. But do not neglect it, for I have not yet gone out. If you are able to settle it, you do a great work, because we have neither cattle nor pigs. I pray for your health and full prosperity.

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Found at Oxyrhynchites

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