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p.oxy.17.2156 spätes IV - V

Letter of Amyntas via HGV-meta

Letter from Amyntas to his brother Seras about parchment quires and clothing. A Christian letter from Amyntas to his brother Seras, sending a set of parchment sheets in 25 quires priced at 14 talents of silver and offering to obtain more. He also sends a tunic and mantle via Apis to be fulled and passes on greetings. It dates to the late 4th or 5th century AD, from Oxyrhynchus. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] τῷ ποθεινοτάτῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Σερᾷ Ἀμύντας χαίρειν. εὔκαιρον καὶ νῦν δεξάμενος ἀφορμὴν τοῦ γεινομένου πρὸς σὲ ἀναγκαῖον ἐνόμισα προσειπεῖν σε, ὁμοῦ τῇ θείᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ προνοίᾳ εὐχόμενος ἀεὶ διαφυλάξαι σε ἡμῖν. κόμισαι διὰ τοῦ ἀναδιδοῦντός σοι ταῦτά μου τὰ γράμματα τὴν διφθέραν τῶν μεμβρανῶν ἐν τετραδίοις εἰκοσιπέντε τιμῆς ἀργυρίου ταλάντων ιδ […], καὶ εἰ χρεία ἐστὶν ἐκτὸς τούτων ἀπʼ ἐκείνων λαβεῖν με, ἀντίγραψον καὶ λαμβάνω. ἴσθι δὲ καὶ αὐτῶν, εἰ βούλει, τὴν τιμὴν τάλαντα ϛ εἶναι, ὅτι δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ἀπὸ τοῦ δικαστηρίου ηὐθύμησα ἵνα ἐκεῖνα τὰ ὀλίγα ἐπιταγίδια ἀποστείλω. κόμισαι διὰ Ἀπῖ τὸ στιχάριν καὶ τὸ μαφόρτιν καὶ εὐθέως κναφήτω, ἔχει δὲ καὶ Ἀφύγγιος ὁ κναφεὺς τὸ ἄλλο μαφόρτιν. προσαγόρευε Ἀμμώνιον καὶ τὰς ἀδελφάς. πολλά σε ἀσπάζεται Αὐρήλιος καὶ τὸν κύριόν μου ἀδελφὸν Ἑρμεῖνον καὶ Λέοντα καὶ τοὺς ἡμῶν πάντας ἐν εἰρήνῃ. ἐρρωμένῳ σοι καὶ εὐθυμοῦντι ἐν κυρίῳ θεῷ […]…[…]α[…] [… ? lines lost …] [v] δὸς τῷ ἀδελφῷ μου Σερᾷ παρὰ Ἀμύντα.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] To my most longed-for brother Seras, Amyntas, greetings. Having again now found a convenient opportunity in the person coming to you, I thought it necessary to address you, praying at the same time that the divine providence of God may always preserve you for us. Receive through the one delivering this letter of mine to you the parchment cover (?) of the membranes in 25 quires, at a price of 14 talents of silver […], and if there is need for me to take others from those besides these, write back and I will take them. Know also, if you wish, that their price is 6 talents, and that I myself was glad (to get away?) from the court so that I might send those few small orders (?). Receive through Apis the tunic and the mantle, and let it be fulled at once; Aphyngios the fuller also has the other mantle. Greet Ammonios and the sisters. Aurelios greets you much, and my lord brother Hermeinos and Leon and all our people in peace. I pray for your health and good spirits in the Lord God […] [… lines lost …] [verso] Deliver to my brother Seras, from Amyntas.

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