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p.oxy.12.1495 IVOxyrhynchites

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Letter from Neilos to Apollonios about a payment to Zakaon. A Christian private letter from Neilos to Apollonios, asking him to give about 40 talents on Neilos' account to his brother Zakaon and promising to repay the same sum locally. It dates to the 4th century AD and comes from the Oxyrhynchite nome. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] κυρίῳ ἀδελφῷ Ἀπολλωνίῳ Νεῖλος χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σοι τὴν ὁλοκληρίαν παρὰ τῷ κυριῷ θεῷ. πᾶν ποίησον, ἄδελφε, δὸς τῷ ἀδελφῷ μου Ζακάωνι πλακουντᾷ εἰς λόγον μου ὡς τεσσαράκοντα τάλαντα, καὶ δήλωσόν μοι δῶ τὰς ἴσας ἐνταῦθα και γενέσθω σοι, ἐπὶ οι[…]νην[…]ο……ας ὁδοῦ, ἐπειδὴ οὐκ ἐδυνήθη μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἄξειν. ἀλλὰ μὴ ἀμελήσῃς, ἄδελφε, ὡς εἰδὼς τὴν ὀφείλειάν μου ἐνταῦθα. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοις, κύριέ μου. [v] κυρίῳ ἀδελφῷ Ἀπολλωνίῳ Νεῖλος.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] To my lord brother Apollonios, Neilos, greetings. Before all else I pray for your complete health before the Lord God. Do everything, brother: give to my brother Zakaon, on my account, about 40 talents for a cake-seller (?), and let me know so that I may pay the same amount here, and let it be credited to you, […] of the road (?), since he was not able to bring it with him. But do not neglect this, brother, knowing my debt here. I pray for your health for many years, my lord. [verso] To my lord brother Apollonios, Neilos.

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Found at Oxyrhynchites

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