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p.oxy.36.2781 IIOxyrhynchos
Letter of Sarapion to Sarapas via HGV-meta
Letter from Sarapion to his son Sarapas with farm instructions. A short private letter from Sarapion to his son Sarapas, written on the back of an earlier papyrus, giving farm instructions: get chickling from the orchard-keeper Aphynchios if needed, sieve fodder seed for the animals, and secure the hay-store and storehouse. It dates to the 2nd century AD and comes from Oxyrhynchus. machine translation
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TM 26870.
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- Letter of Sarapion to Sarapas HGV-meta OxyrhynchosII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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Σαραπίων Σαραπᾷ
τῷ υἱῷ χαίρειν.
ἐὰν χρείαν ἔχῃς ἄρακος
πρὸ τοῦ ἔλθωμεν γενοῦ πρὸς
Ἀφύγχιον τὸν πωμαρίτην καὶ
δώσει σοι ὃ θέλεις, μὴ ἀμελήσῃς κοσκινεύειν τὸ μακροφυὲς χορτόσπερμον τῆς
ὑπηρεσίας τῶν κτηνῶν, μὴ
ἀμελήσῃς ἀσφ[…]λ…ς τὴν χορτοθήκην καὶ τὸν θησαυρὸν
διὰ τὸν φοίνικα.
ἐρρῶσθαι εὔχομαι.Translations (1)
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Sarapion to Sarapas his son, greeting.
If you need chickling (vetch) before we come, go to Aphynchios the orchard-keeper and he will give you what you want. Do not neglect to sieve the long-grown fodder seed for the service of the animals; do not neglect to secure (?) the hay-store and the storehouse because of the date-palm (?).
I pray for your health.
Connections
Found at
Oxyrhynchus
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 26870 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;36;2781 tier-1
- HGV-Text 26870 tier-1
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