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p.oxy.16.1931 VOxyrhynchos

Letter to a βοηθός via HGV-meta

Letter to the assistant Anouthios about an estate, fish and barley. A Christian private letter of the 5th century AD from Oxyrhynchus, addressed to Anouthios, an assistant (boethos). The writer protests that he is not the banker for the gold of a deceased man's estate, urges Anouthios to press the steward Pamouthios about a solidus owed to a nun and about fish, and announces he is sending barley by the courier Job. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] χμγ. μὴ νομίσῃς ὅτι τραπεζίτης εἰμὶ τοῦ χρυσίου τῆς οὐσίας τοῦ μακαρίου Ἀνουβ…, καὶ γὰρ οἱ προνοηταί εἰσιν οἳ ὑποδέχονταί σε τονικαλαλων διὰ τὸ ὁλοκόττινον τῆς μοναζούσης καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐξ αὐτῶν ἠνέσχετο δοῦναι. ὡς ἄνθρωπος οὖν, μετὰ τὴν αὔριον ἀνέρχεσθαι Παμούθιον τὸν προνοητήν, ἀπαίτησον αὐτὸν κατακέφαλα περὶ ὀψαρίου. οὐκ ἠνέσχετο Ἀσκλᾷ δοῦναι ὀψάριν εἰ μὴ τὰ ὀξύρυγχα. τὴν μικρὴν κριθὴν εἰς τὴν αὔριον πέμπω διὰ Ἰωβ τοῦ συμμάχου. καὶ τὰ κριθία οὐδεὶς τῷ κορασίῳ δοῦναι […]…ε…ε[…]…[…]ε χρήσασθαι. [v] † ἐπίδος … Ἀνουθίῳ βοηθῷ.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] 643. Do not think that I am the banker of the gold of the estate of the late Anoub[…], for it is the stewards who are receiving you (?) […] on account of the solidus of the nun, and none of them consented to give it. So, as a sensible man, since the steward Pamouthios is coming up the day after tomorrow, demand it from him in person (?) concerning the fish. He did not consent to give Asklas any fish except the oxyrhynchus fish. I am sending the small barley tomorrow by Job the courier. And no one [consented] to give the barley to the girl […] to use. [verso] † Deliver […] to Anouthios, assistant.

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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