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p.oxy.38.2861 IIOxyrhynchites
Letter from Apollonius via HGV-meta
Letter from Apollonios to Dioskourides urging collection of dues. A private business letter in which Apollonios urges Dioskourides to press harder in collecting money owed by the people on his list, especially the reliable debtors, because everything has had to be paid into the bank. He adds that a certain Polydas has collected nothing and that he himself has had to stay where he is. machine translation
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TM 29035.
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- Letter from Apollonius HGV-meta OxyrhynchitesII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
Ἀπολλώνιος Διοσκουρίδῃ
τῷ φιλτάτῳ χαίρειν.
ὡς κατʼ ὄψιν σε ἠρώτησα ἐκτενῶς τὴν ἀπαίτησιν ποιήσασθαι τῶν
παρὰ σοὶ ὀνομάτων καὶ
νῦν σε ἐρωτῶ ἐπὶ πλέον προσελθεῖν τῇ ἀπαιτήσει ἐξαιρέτως καὶ τῶν
στερεῶν ὀνομάτων
ἐπεὶ πάντα ἠναγκάσθημεν βαλεῖν ἐπὶ τράπεζαν.
εὗρον καὶ τὸν Πολυδᾶν
μηδὲν ἀπῃτηκότα
καὶ ἀναγκαίως ἐνθάδε
μεμένηκα.
ἔρρωσο.
[v]
Διοσκουρίδῃ παρὰ Ἀπολλωνίου φίλου.Translations (1)
[recto]
Apollonios to his dearest Dioskourides, greetings.
As I asked you earnestly in person to make the collection from the names (debtors) in your charge, so now too I ask you to apply yourself still more to the collection, especially from the solid names, since we have been compelled to pay everything into the bank. I found that Polydas too has collected nothing, and I have necessarily stayed here.
Farewell.
[verso]
To Dioskourides from Apollonios, his friend.
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Oxyrhynchites
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 29035 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;38;2861 tier-1
- HGV-Text 29035 tier-1
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