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p.oxy.34.2732 VI (?)Oxyrhynchos

Business Letter via HGV-meta

Letter of an agent about provisions held by the tribune Aphthonios at Pelusium. A business letter from an agent reporting to a high-ranking patron about his meeting at Pelusium with the tribune Aphthonios over provisions (army biscuit, salted foods) and their shipment, and about a debtor who denies owing anything. He also promises news of the count from Constantinople. Probably 6th century AD, from Oxyrhynchus. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Π πάραυτα τοῦ ἀπαντῆσαί με ἐπὶ τῆς Πηλουσιωτῶν τὰ γράμματα τῆς ὑμετέρας μεγαλοπρεπείας παρεσχόμην τῷ τριβούνῳ Ἀφθονίῳ καὶ ταῦτα ἀναγνοὺς ἔφησεν λέγων ὅτι ὅλα τὰ κελλαρικὰ εἰς πλῆρες εισ…εδεξάμην· ὡς δὲ νομίζω ὅτι καὶ τὸ βουκκελλᾶτον καὶ τὰ ταριχηρὰ καὶ ἄλλα τινὰ ἠφανίσθησαν καὶ θεὸς μόνος οἶδεν ὅτι πρὸ πολλοῦ ἐζήτησα αὐτὰ γομῶσαι εἰς πλοῖον καὶ διὰ τὸ μὴ ἐπηρεασθῆναι αὐτὰ ὑπὸ τῶν ναυτῶν τούτου χάριν οὐκ ἀπέστειλα εἰ οὖν δοκεῖ τῇ αὐτοῦ μεγαλοπρεπείᾳ ἀποστεῖλε εἰδικὸν ἄνθρωπον ἑαυτοῦ ταῦτα πάραυτα παρέχω· εἶπεν δὲ ὁ κύριος Ἀφθόνιος ὅτι ἐγὼ καὶ τὰ ναῦλα τοῦ πλοίου παρέχω· εἰ οὖν δοκεῖ τῷ ὑμετέρῳ μεγέθει πέμψε τινὰ τῶν παίδων ταῦτα ἀποστέλλεται· προσκυνεῖ δὲ ὁ αὐτὸς ἀνὴρ τὴν ὑμετέραν μεγαλοπρέπειαν· περὶ δὲ τοῦ φίλου παρασχηκὼς αὐτῷ τὰ γράμματα ἀνέγνω καὶ εἶπεν ὅτι οὐδὲν χρεωστῶ εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ ὁ κύριος Θεόγνωστος καὶ εἶπεν ὅτι οὐδὲν χρεωστῶ· ἐπειδὴ δὲ ἐν τῷ ζεύγματι ἦμεν, εἶπεν ὅτι εἰς Θμοῦειν τὸν λόγον ποιῶ τῇ σῇ ἀρετῇ· οὐδεὶς δὲ τέως παρῆλθεν ἀπὸ τῆς πανευδαίμονος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως· εἰ δὲ ἔλθῃ τις περιεργάζoμαι τὰ κατὰ τὸν κύριον τὸν κόμετα καὶ γράφω τῷ ὑμετέρῳ μεγέθει· ἐλπίζω δὲ εἰς τὸν δεσπότην θεὸν ὅτι μετὰ χαρᾶς ἔρχεται· αὐτὰ δὲ ταῦτα προσανένεγκον τῷ κυρίῳ τῷ κόμετι. [v] ἐπίδος τῷ δεσπότῃ μου δια ……

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] (Cross) Immediately upon my arrival at Pelusium I handed the letter of your magnificence to the tribune Aphthonios, and having read it he spoke, saying: "I have received all the cellar provisions in full." But as I think, the bucellatum (army biscuit) and the salted provisions and certain other things have disappeared; and God alone knows that long ago I sought to load them onto a boat, and so that they should not be tampered with by the sailors, for this reason I did not send them. "If then it seems good to his magnificence, let him send a special man of his own, and I will hand these over at once." And the lord Aphthonios said: "I will also provide the freight charges of the boat." If then it seems good to your greatness, send one of the servants and these things will be dispatched. The same man makes obeisance to your magnificence. Concerning the friend, when I had handed him the letter, he read it and said: "I owe nothing." And the lord Theognostos also spoke to him, and he said: "I owe nothing." Since we were at the ferry (?), he said: "I will render the account to your excellency at Thmouis." No one has yet come from the all-blessed Constantinople; but if anyone comes, I will inquire into the affairs of the lord the count and write to your greatness. I hope in the Lord God that he is coming with joy. Report these same things to the lord the count. [verso] Deliver to my master, through […]

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