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p.oxy.16.1939 VI - VIIOxyrhynchos
Letter from Justus via HGV-meta
Letter from Justus to his master about a solidus and guarding dykes. A letter from Justus, a servant or estate subordinate, to his master, reporting that he has sent a gold solidus of twenty carats from Kalamourion by the letter-carrier. He also passes on a woman's request that two younger men be sent to guard dykes. It comes from Oxyrhynchus in the 6th-7th century AD. machine translation
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TM 37891.
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- Letter from Justus HGV-meta OxyrhynchosVI - VII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
†
† τὸ ἄλλο ἓν νόμισμα εἴκοσι κερατίων τῶν ἀπὸ Καλαμουρίου ἔπεμψα τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ προστατικῇ περιβλέπτῳ δεσποτείᾳ
διὰ τοῦ γραμματηφόρου, καὶ ἵνα μάθῃ ὁ ἐμὸς δεσπότης ὅτι ἡ ε…ε…[…]τ[…]τ…[…]ι
απεκλεις πάλιν κατὰ λεπτὸν σῖτον οὐ μεγάλου τοῦ μέρους ἡμῶν ᾔτησέν μοι πρᾶξαι αὐτῇ
ἵνα πέμψαι αὐτοὺς δύο νεώτερον καὶ φυλάξαι τὰ χώματα αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐτόλμησα καὶ ἔγραψα. †
[v]
† ἰδίῳ μου δεσπότῃ μετὰ θεὸν τι… εὐεργέτῃ † Ἰοῦστος ὑμέτερος δοῦλος. †Translations (1)
[recto]
†
† The other one solidus of twenty carats, of those from Kalamourion, I sent to your protecting, admirable lordship through the letter-carrier, and also so that my master may know that the […] shut off (?) again, little by little, grain, our share being not large, she asked me to arrange for her that he should send them two younger men and guard their dykes, and I ventured and wrote. †
[verso]
† To my own master, after God, […] benefactor, † Justus, your servant. †
Connections
Found at
Oxyrhynchus
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 37891 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;16;1939 tier-1
- HGV-Text 37891 tier-1
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