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p.oxy.14.1671 IIIOxyrhynchos
Letter of Dionysios to Zoïlus via HGV-meta
Letter from Dionysios to Zoilos about pressure from the dekaprotos over grain loading. A private business letter from Dionysios to his superior Zoilos, written at Oxyrhynchus in the 3rd century AD. He complains that the dekaprotos, a tax official, is harassing him and the farmers over the loading of grain, fodder and expenses, asks Zoilos to send a man named Dionysios who knows the measurement accounts, and requests instructions about Phoinike and about river workers for reed-cutting. machine translation
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- Letter of Dionysios to Zoïlus HGV-meta OxyrhynchosIII
- Letter from Dionysius to Zo�lus APIS-papyrus Oxyrhynchus3rd century
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
κυρίῳ μου Ζωίλῳ
Διονύσιος χαίρειν.
ὁ δεκάπρωτος πολλὰ
ἡμῖν ἐνοχλεῖ περὶ τῆς
ἐμβολῆς τοῦ σίτου. πέμψον
οὖν ἡμῖν Διονύσιον,
αὐτὸς γὰρ οἶδεν τὸν λόγον τῆς μετρήσεως, καὶ
ἐν τῇ ἀναβάσει ἐνεβαλόμεθα. καὶ νῦν ἐνοχλεῖ
ἡμῖν καὶ τοῖς γεωργοῖς
κτήνη οὐκ ἔχουσι, καὶ περὶ
χόρτου καὶ περὶ τῆς δαπάνης ἐνοχλεῖ. πέμψον
αὐτόν, αὐτὸς οἶδεν τὸν
λόγον, ἵνα καὶ κτήνη παραλάβωμεν. περὶ τῆς Φοινίκης οὐδέν μοι ἔγραψας.
γράψον οὖν ἵνα τὴν διαταγὴν
μάθω. καὶ περὶ τῶν ποταμιτῶν εἰς τὰς καλαμείας
γράψον μοι ὅτι ποῦ εὑρίσκομεν. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι
πολλοῖς χρόνοις, κύριε.
[v]
κυρίῳ μου Ζωίλῳ παρὰ Διονυσίου.Translations (1)
To my lord Zoilos, Dionysios, greetings.
The dekaprotos is pressing us hard about the loading of the grain. So send us Dionysios, for he knows the account of the measuring, and we loaded it at the rising (of the river). And now he is pressing us and the farmers, who have no animals, and he is pressing about fodder and about the expenses. Send him, he knows the account, so that we may also take over animals. About Phoinike you wrote me nothing. So write, so that I may learn the instruction. And about the river workers for the reed-cutting, write to me where we are to find them. I pray for your health for many years, lord.
[verso]
To my lord Zoilos from Dionysios.
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Oxyrhynchus
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 31782 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;14;1671 tier-1
- HGV-Text 31782 tier-1
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