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p.oxy.3.530 IIOxyrhynchos
Letter of Dionysius via HGV-meta
Letter from Dionysios to his mother Tetheus about redeeming pawned clothes. A private letter from Dionysios to his mother Tetheus at Oxyrhynchus in the 2nd century AD. He reports paying taxes, sends 112 drachmas with Chairemon so she can redeem his pawned clothes from Sarapion (100 drachmas plus 8 interest) and keep 4 for festival expenses, and sends greetings to many family members. machine translation
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TM 28370.
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- Letter of Dionysius HGV-meta OxyrhynchosII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
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· Greek
Transcription
[r,ctr]
Διονύσιος Τεθεῦτι τῆι μητρὶ χαίρειν.
περὶ ὧν μοι γράφεις ἐπιστολῶν πασῶν
ἐκομισάμην περὶ δὲ τῶν πυρῶν ὧν σε ἀπῄτηκαν οἱ πράκτορες ὁμόλογοί
εἰσι ἐμὲ δὲ ἐλελήθει διαστέλλειν τι, τὸ δὲ
ναύβιον καὶ τὰ ἄλλα πάντα πλήρη διέγραψα. τὸ δὲ πραγμάτιον περὶ οὗ ἔγραψα Θέωνι
μὴ μελέτω σοι εἰ μὴ τετέλεσται ἐπὶ μάτην
δὲ τῶι τοῦ Παυσιρίωνος τοσοῦτον χρόνον προσκαρτερῶ[…]υδε απα…μ[…]ι εν[…]εθη. κόμισαι
παρὰ Χαιρήμονος τοῦ κομίζοντός σοι τὸ ἐπιστόλιον ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς ἑκατὸν δέκα
δύο , ἐξ ὧν δώσεις Σαραπίωνι τῶι φίλωι
τῶι τοῦ Ἀπεὶ λυτρώσασά μου τὰ ἱμάτια
δραχμὰς ἑκατὸν καὶ εἰς λόγον τόκου
δραχμὰς ὀκτὼ καὶ σοὶ εἰς δαπάνην τῆς
ἑορτῆς δραχμὰς τέσσαρας . εἰ πλεῖον δέ μοι
παρέκειτο πάλιν σοι ἀπεστάλκειν, καὶ
τοῦτο πέμπων κέχρημαι. ἀποδοῦσα οὖν
αὐτῶι ἀπολήμψῃ τὰ ἱμάτια ὑγιῆ καὶ
ἐν ἀσφαλεῖ ποιήσῃς. μὴ ἀγωνία δὲ περὶ
ἡμῶν, οὐθὲν γὰρ φαῦλον περὶ ἡμᾶς ἐστιν
καὶ συμφωνοῦμεν ἀλλήλοις. ἀσπάζεταί σε
Θεωνᾶς. ἀσπάζου τὰ παιδία Ἀπίωνα καὶ
ἀδελφὸν Ἑρματόιν, Διονυτᾶν, τοὺς περὶ Νίκην καὶ Θαισοῦν τὴν μικρὰν, τοὺς περὶ […]
τα πάντας, Ἡρᾶν καὶ τοὺς αὐτοῦ, Λεοντᾶν τὸν
ὑπερήφανον καὶ τοὺς αὐτοῦ, τοὺς περὶ Τααμόιν,
Θερμουθάριον. ἔρρωσο. μηνὸς Καισαρείου κ.
[r,ms]
περὶ τούτων οὖν μοι εὐθέως μετὰ τὴν ἑορτὴν πέμψεις φάσιν εἰ τὸν χαλκὸν
ἐκομίσω καὶ εἰ ἀπέλαβες τὰ ἱμάτια. ἄσπασαι Διονυτᾶν καὶ Θέωνα.
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Τεθεῦτι μητρί.Translations (1)
Dionysios to Tetheus his mother, greetings.
As for the letters you write me about, I received them all. As for the wheat {the wheat} which the collectors demanded from you, they are in agreement; but it had escaped me to make any separate declaration (?), and the naubion and all the other charges I paid in full. As for the little matter about which I wrote to Theon, do not worry if it has not been completed; for I have been waiting in vain all this time on the son of Pausirion […]. Receive from Chairemon, who is bringing you the letter, 112 drachmas of silver, from which you will give to Sarapion the friend, son of Apeis, in redeeming my clothes, 100 drachmas, and on account of interest 8 drachmas, and to yourself for the expenses of the festival 4 drachmas. If I had had more at hand I would have sent it to you again; and in sending this I have borrowed it. So when you have paid him you will recover the clothes intact and put them in safe keeping. Do not be anxious about us, for nothing bad is happening to us and we are in harmony with one another. Theonas greets you. Greet the children Apion and his brother Hermatois, Dionytas, Nike and her household and little Thaisous, […] and all their household, Heras and his family, Leontas the haughty and his family, Taamois and her household, Thermoutharion. Farewell. Month Kaisareios 20.
[margin]
So send me word about these things immediately after the festival, whether you received the money and whether you got back the clothes. Greet Dionytas and Theon.
[verso]
To Tetheus, his mother.
Connections
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Oxyrhynchus
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 28370 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;3;530 tier-1
- HGV-Text 28370 tier-1
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