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p.oxy.14.1760 IIOxyrhynchos

Business Letter via HGV-meta

Letter about the purchase of hay and a request for fish sauce. Fragmentary business letter from Oxyrhynchus, 2nd century AD, asking the recipient to obtain a letter to a certain Dionysios so that hay (or fodder) can be handed over, with a note on current prices. The writer also asks for a jar of fish sauce to be brought, perhaps by Sosos. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[… ? lines lost …] …[…]καλῶς ποιήσεις λαβὼν γράμματα παρʼ αὐτοῦ πρὸς Διονύσιον περὶ τοῦ παραδοθῆναι ἡμῖν αὐτά. ἦν μὲν οὖν διὰ θέρους εὐωνότατον· ἐν δὲ τῷ παρόντι ἡ λυσιτελοῦσα καὶ δικαία τιμὴ πρὸς τέσσαρας μνᾶς ἐστιν πενταρταβιαίῳ …[…]ίῳ σακτῷ. πέμψεις οὖν ἡμῖν ἐπιστόλιον πρὸς αὐτόν, ἵνα τὴν τιμὴν ἀπολαβὼν τὸν χόρτον ἡμῖν παραδῶ. διπλῆν τυμωλιτικὴν γάρου σὺν θεοῖς ἐρχόμενος ἐνεγκεῖς μοι, ἐὰν δυνατὸν ἦν. ἐὰν δὲ σοὶ ὀχληρὸν ἦν τοῦτο, τάχα δύναται Σῶσος προτραπεὶς ὑπὸ σοῦ κεράμιόν μοι ἐνέγκαι. τὰ παιδία σε ἀσπάζεται. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[… lines lost …] […] please obtain a letter from him to Dionysios about having them handed over to us. Now during the summer it was very cheap; but at present the profitable and fair price is about 4 minas for a sack of 5 artabas […]. So send us a note to him, so that he may receive the price and hand the hay over to us. When you come, with the gods' help, bring me a double jar (?) of Tymolitic fish sauce, if possible. But if this is troublesome for you, perhaps Sosos, urged by you, can bring me a jar. The children greet you. I pray for your health.

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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