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p.oxy.2.298 IOxyrhynchos
Letter of a Tax - Collector via HGV-meta
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 25671.
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- Letter of a Tax - Collector HGV-meta OxyrhynchosI
- Letter of a Tax - Collector APIS-papyrus Oxyrhynchos100 CE – 199 CE
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
[…]ωι τῶι φιλτάτωι χαίρειν.
ἔλαβον ἐπιστολὴν παρὰ Παυσιρίωνος τῇ κε τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος μηνὸς
[…] καὶ ἀνέγνων τὰ διὰ αὐτῆς γεγραμμένα πρῶτον περὶ[…]ς τοῦ κατακρίματος δραχμῶν σ ὅτι ὁ πυρὸς τῆς Ἀρσου[…]θη, καὶ ὅτι ἡ θρεπτὴ ἀπέδρα σε, καὶ ὅτι παρὰ Παυσιρίωνος τὰς ἀρτάβας ὀκτὼ οὐκ ἔλαβες καὶ ὅτι τὴν ἀποχὴν Εὐδαιμ[…]περὶ μὲν οὖν τοῦ κατακρίματος τὸν πυρὸν πώλησον[…]καὶ πλήρωσον ἐπεὶ ὀφείλομεν δημοσίων καὶ
[…]ας δύο ἀμφιτάπους ἀγόρασον καὶ δύο ἐπιβολὰς[…]…ει…υ ἀμφιτάπου καὶ
[…] στατῆρας πορφύρας ἀγόρασον εἰς κιθῶνα
[…] Θαισοῦτι ἄλλο οὐδέν. ταῦτα οὖν οἰκονομήσας
[…]… μετὰ τῆς μικρᾶς ἐπεὶ λίαν αὐτὴν ἐπιζητοῦ[…]τοῦ ἀσχολήματος ἐὰν ἐπʼ ἀγαθῷ παραγένῃ παν[…] ὑπομνηματισμοὶ ἠνέχθησάν μοι ἀπʼ Ἀλεξανδρείας[…]περὶ τῶν κληρονομιῶν. ἐὰν δέ τι ἄλλο προσοφείληται[…]μενος εὐθέως ἀπολήμψῃ ἐν τόσῳ καὶ εἰς
τὸν[…]πολείτην διαβαίνω. μεμένηκα ἐν τῷ Λητοπολείτῃ[…]ἡμέρας λ, μόγις δραχμὰς χ ἀπαιτήσας. διέγραψα
[…]ι θέμα δεδώκασι τῶν καταλοχισμῶν, καὶ
[…] παιδίωι Σαραπίωνι ἱμάτια πεποίηκεν ἐν ου[…]Θαισοῦτι οὐχ εὕρομεν τὴν ἀποχὴν ἐπεν[…] ἀνενεγκ[…]μοι εἰς Μέμφιν καὶ τὰ
σύμβολα
[v,1]
περὶ Ἑρμοδώρου γράφεις
μοι λίαν αὐτὸν βαρύνομαι, πάλι γὰρ πάντα ταράσσει. ἐὰν εὕρῃς παρὰ σοὶ
νεώτερον ἐντάσσειν
ἐν τοῖς γράμμασι ἔνεγκον,
ἐπεὶ ἀποτάξασθαι αὐτῷ
θέλω, καὶ ὁ Ἀνουβᾶς αὐτὸν οὐχ ἡδέως βλέπει.
ἄσπασαι Πτολέμαν καὶ τοὺς
σοὺς πάντας κατʼ ὄνομα.
ἀσπάζεταί σε Σαραπίων
καὶ πάντες οἱ παρʼ ἡμῶν.
οὔπω πολλή ὀπώρα ἐγένετο ἐν Μέμφει ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος.
ἐπέμψαμεν τοῖς παιδίοις
τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου κυάμους φ καὶ μῆλα ν, καὶ τῇ ἀδελφῇ σου
Ἀπολλωνοῦτι μῆλα ν καὶ τῇ
μικρᾷ. ἔρρωσο. Παῦνι κϛ.
λίαν ἀδημονοῦμεν χάριν
τῆς θρεπτῆς Σαραποῦτος.
[v,2]
ἄλλοτε σοι ἔγραψα
ἵνα ἐὰν εὕρῃς ἀγοραστὴν τοῦ μέρους
τῆς οἰκίας τῆς ἐν
Τανάει ἵνα πραθῇ
περὶ δὲ τῆς ἀπανθρωπίας τῶν ἀπαιτησάντων ἐγὼ αὐτὸς[…]
… ἀποδωσω […]
λ[…]
ἐπιζητεῖ τω ε…[…]
αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἀπογε[…]
κτισται ἕως παραγένηται ἀσφαλίσαι ἡμῶν
τὴν οἰκίαν καὶ …[…]Translations (1)
You write to me about Hermodorus that I am too severe with him, for he is upsetting everything again. If you find where you are a young man to replace him, tell me when you write, since I wish to get rid of Hermodorus, and Anoubas looks upon him with no kindly eye. My salutations to Ptolema and to all your household individually. Sarapion salutes you and so do we all. There has not been much fruit at Memphis up to the present. I send however for your brother’s children 500 beans and 50 apples, and 50 apples for your sister Apollonous and the little one. Good-bye. Pauni 26. I am exces- sively concerned on account of the foster-child Sarapous. I wrote to you on another occasion, if you find a purchaser for the share of the house at Tanais, to let it be sold. As for the cruelty of the collectors, I myself will be responsible for that...
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 25671 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;2;298 tier-1
- HGV-Text 25671 tier-1
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