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p.oxy.14.1758 IIOxyrhynchos

Letter of Diogenis to Didymas via HGV-meta

Letter from Diogenis to Didymas about earth dug from her land. A private letter from a woman, Diogenis, to Didymas, written at Oxyrhynchus in the 2nd century AD. She asks him to place an embargo on the earth her farmer Hatres dug from her land and to stop any building with it until she arrives, and to hold back her other pending business. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Διογενὶς Διδυμᾷ τῶι τιμιωτάτῳ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. πρὸ παντὸς εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν μετὰ τῶν ἀβασκάντων σου παιδίων, καὶ τὸ προσκύνημα ὑμῶν ποιῶ παρὰ τῷ μεγάλῳ Σαράπιδι εὐχομένη σοι τὰ κάλλιστα πανοικεί. καλῶς ποιήσεις κατεγγυήσας τὸν χοῦν ὃν ἐξέσκαψεν Ἁτρῆς ὁ γεωργός μου ἀπὸ τῶν ἐδαφῶν μου, καὶ μὴ ἄφιε ἐποικοδομῆσαι ἕως ἂν παραγένωμαι. μελέτω σοι δὲ καὶ περὶ ὧν ἄλλων ἔχω παρὰ σοὶ μετεώρων ἐπισχεῖν, ἵνα μὴ εὐκαταφρόνητος γένωμαι διὰ τὴν ἀμέλειάν μου. ἀσπάζομαι πάντας οὓς ἡδέως ἔχεις […] [v] ἀπόδος Διδυμᾷ.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Diogenis to the most honoured Didymas, very many greetings. Before all else I pray for your health together with your children, may the evil eye spare them, and I make obeisance for you all before the great Sarapis, praying for the very best for you and all your household. Please place an embargo on the earth which Hatres my farmer dug out from my plots, and do not allow him to build on it until I arrive. Take care also to hold back the other matters I have pending with you, so that I may not be held in contempt because of my negligence. I greet all those whom you hold dear […] [verso] Deliver to Didymas.

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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