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p.oxy.3.529 IIOxyrhynchos

Letter to Athenarus via HGV-meta

Letter to Athenarous about ointment, fruit and oil sent through Kerdon. A private letter from Oxyrhynchus, 2nd century AD, to a woman named Athenarous, announcing that ointment, figs, nuts and oil are being sent through Kerdon, partly for a certain Dionysios. The writer, whose name is lost, sends greetings and says he is travelling to Koptos with the prefect. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] [… ? lines lost …] πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν. κόμισαι διὰ Κέρδωνος ὥστε Διονυσίῳ χρίματος κοτύλας δ καὶ σφυρίδιν τραγημάτων ἔχον ἀρίθμια σῦκα ρ κάρυα ρ καὶ ἐλαίου χοὸς ἥμισυ ὃ δώσεις τῷ αὐτῷ Διονυσίῳ κοτύλας τέσσαρας καὶ σοὶ κοτύλας δύο . ἄσπασαί σου τὴν μητέρα καὶ Μᾶτριν καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς καὶ τοὺς φιλοῦντάς σε πάντας. ἐγὼ δὲ εἰς Κόπτον μετὰ τοῦ ἡγεμόνος εἶμι [… ? lines lost …] [v] ἀπόδος εἰς τὰ Παυσανίου γενομένου γραμματέως πόλεως Ἀθηναροῦτι Κέρδωνος.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] […] Before all else I pray that you are in good health. Receive through Kerdon, for Dionysios, 4 kotylai of ointment, and a small basket of dried fruits containing 100 figs counted out and 100 nuts, and half a chous of oil, of which you will give to the same Dionysios 4 kotylai and to yourself 2 kotylai. Greet your mother and Matris and her children and all who love you. I am going to Koptos with the prefect. […] [verso] [Deliver] to the house of Pausanias, former city secretary, to Athenarous, from (?) Kerdon.

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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