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p.oxy.14.1672 37 - 40Oxyrhynchos
Letter to Pausanias from his two Sons via HGV-meta
Letter from Demetrios and Pausanias to their father Pausanias about wine sales. A letter from two brothers, Demetrios and Pausanias, to their father Pausanias, reporting good wine sales since his departure and asking him to decide how much wine to bring to the city. It also passes on news of a deal made by their friend Munatius. Written at Oxyrhynchos under the emperor Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-40. machine translation
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- Letter to Pausanias from his two Sons HGV-meta Oxyrhynchos37 - 40
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· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Δημήτριος καὶ Παυσανίας Παυσανίαι
τῶι πατρὶ πλεῖστα χαίρειν καὶ ὑγιαίνειν.
ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἐξέστης ἡμῶν πεπράκαμεν χόας λβ ξένοις προσώποις ἐν οἷς
ἦν καὶ πολλὰ λέα οἰνάρια ἐκ δραχμῶν ε μετὰ
χάριτος, ὥστε αἱ πράσεις ἡμῶν καλλιότεραι γεγόνασι λίαν, καὶ ἐλπίζομεν ὅτι
καλλιότεραι τούτων γενήσονται.
διὸ γράφομέν σοι ἵνʼ εἰδῇς πότερόν σε δεῖ ἀνενέγκαι τὸ ὅλον
ἢ μέρος εἰς τὴν πόλιν. καλῶς
δὲ ποιήσεις ἐάσεις ἐν Πέλα
, ἵνα πραθῇ τὰ τῆς
τετάρτης ληνοῦ μόνης. ἐπιγνοὺς
οὖν τὸν παρὰ σοὶ ἀέρα ἱκανὸς ἔσῃ
περὶ πάντων. Μουνάτιος δὲ
ὁ φίλος συντυχὼν ἔλεγεν συμπεφωνηκέναι τοῖς ἐκ τῆς κώμης αὐτοῦ μετὰ χάριτος τοῖς ο[…] ἐκ δραχμῶν λβ. ἔρρωσο.
ἔτους[…]Γαίου Καίσαρος Αὐτοκράτορος Σεβαστοῦ
Παῦνι β[…]Translations (1)
Demetrios and Pausanias to Pausanias their father, very many greetings and good health.
On the day you left us we sold 32 choes to strangers, among which were also many thin (?) cheap wines, at 5 drachmas, with goodwill, so that our sales have become very much better, and we hope that they will become better than these.
Therefore we write to you so that you may know whether you should bring up the whole or a part to the city. Please leave at Pela […] so that the produce of the fourth wine-press alone may be sold. So, having learned the state of the air where you are, you will be competent about everything. Our friend Munatius, meeting us, said that he had come to an agreement with the people of his village, with goodwill, for the […] at 32 drachmas. Farewell.
Year […] of Gaius Caesar Imperator Augustus, Pauni 2 […]
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- TM-Text 21965 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;14;1672 tier-1
- HGV-Text 21965 tier-1
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