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p.oxy.17.2149 II - III
Letter of Cerdon via HGV-meta
Letter from Kerdon to Horeis and Melanous about tunics and purple. A private letter from Kerdon to Horeis and Melanous about making a tunic promised for after a festival. He offers to buy purple dye or wool if they send word, and asks that a small tunic be given to a mender. It comes from Oxyrhynchus and dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD. machine translation
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TM 27204.
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- Letter of Cerdon HGV-meta unbekanntII - III
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Κέρδων Ὡρεῖτι καὶ Μελανοῦτι χαίρειν.
μελησάτω σοι
τὸ λοιπὸν
περὶ τοῦ κιθῶνος ὃν
μοι εἴρηκες
μετὰ τὴν ἑορτην ποιήσω.
ποίησον, μὴ ἀμελήσῃς. ἐὰν
χρείαν μου
σχῆς περὶ
τοῦ πορφυρίου, πέμψον
μοι τὴν φάσιν ἵνα ἀγοράσω. δὸς
τὸ κιθώνιον
τῷ ἠπητῇ
καὶ ποιησάτω ὃ σοι
εἴρηκα.
ἐρρῶσθαί σε
εὔχομαι[…]
[… ? lines lost …]Translations (1)
Kerdon to Horeis and Melanous, greetings.
Let it be your concern from now on about the tunic which you told me 'I will make it after the festival.' Make it, do not neglect it. If you have need of me concerning the purple, send me word so that I may buy it. Give the little tunic to the mender and let him do what I told you.
I pray for your health […]
[…]
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 27204 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;17;2149 tier-1
- HGV-Text 27204 tier-1
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