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p.oxy.4.743 4. Okt. 2 v.Chr.Alexandria (?)

Letter to a Friend via HGV-meta

Letter to a friend recommending an agent sent to collect rents at Takona. A private business letter, partly lost at the start, asking a friend to help the bearer, who has been sent to Takona to collect rents with full authority. The writer mentions a loss of copper money by Helenos, a trip to Alexandria to Epaphroditos with Damas, and an unmade meeting with Apollonios. It is dated 4 October 2 BC under Augustus. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[1] [… 16 lines lost …] […] θέλω δέ σε καὶ τὸν Καίσαρος […] ἀναγνοῦναι, δεῖ γάρ σε [2] εἰ καὶ πρὸς ἄλλους εἶχον πρᾶγμα βοηθὸν αὐτοῦ γενέσθαι διὰ ἣν ἔχομεν πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς φιλίαν. καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ ὅλως διαπονοῦμαι εἰ Ἕλενος χαλκοὺς ἀπώλεσεν, παραγενομένου γὰρ Δαμᾶτος εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν ἤλθαμεν ἐπὶ Ἐπαφρόδειτον καὶ εὑρέθη μήτε εἰληφὼς μήτε δεδωκώς. ὥστʼ ἂν τοῦτό σε θέλω γινώσκειν ὅτι ἐγὼ αὐτῷ διαστολὰς δεδώκειν τὸ βαδίσαι εἰς Τακόνα χάριν τῶν ἐκφορίων καὶ τὰ νῦν ἐπιπέπομφα αὐτὸν πάντα συνλέξαι καὶ περὶ πάντων αὐτῷ τὴν ἐπιτροπὴν δέδωκα. ἐν οἷς ἐὰν σοῦ προσδεῆται συνπροσγενέσθαι αὐτῶι ὡς ἀνθομολογησομένῳ ὑπέρ σου οὕτως ὡς ὑπέρ μου. ἐν τῷ δέ με περισπᾶσθαι οὐκ ἠδυνάσθην συντυχεῖν Ἀπολλωνίῳ τῷ Λιβικῷ ἵνα αὐτῷ αὐτὰ ταῦτα ὑποδείξω. καὶ σὺ δὲ ὑπὲρ ὧν ἐὰν θέλῃς γράφε μοι καὶ ἀνόκνως ποιήσω, Δαμᾶς γάρ μοι ἀνθωμολογήσατο πάντα. καλῶς δὲ γέγονεν τὸ ταχὺ αὐτὸν ἐλθεῖν, ὑφηγήσεται γάρ σοι. σεαυτοῦ ἐπιμέλου ἵνʼ ὑγιαίνῃς. ἐπισκοποῦ τοὺς σοὺς πάντας. ἔρρωσο. ἔτους κθ Καίσαρος Φαῶφι ϛ.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[Column 1] [… 16 lines lost …] […] and I want you also to read (?) the [letter (?)] of Caesar's […], for you must [Column 2] even if I had business with others, become his helper because of the friendship we have for one another. For I am entirely distressed that Helenos has lost copper money; for when Damas arrived we went to Alexandria to Epaphroditos, and it was found that he had neither received nor paid out anything. So I want you to know this, that I had given him instructions to go to Takona on account of the rents, and now I have sent him to collect everything, and I have given him authority over everything. In whatever matters he may need you, stand by him, as he will give account on your behalf just as on mine. Because I was distracted I was unable to meet Apollonios the Libyan (?) so as to point out these very things to him. And you too, write to me about whatever you wish and I will do it without hesitation, for Damas has accounted to me for everything. It is good that he came quickly, for he will explain to you. Take care of yourself so that you stay well. Look after all your people. Farewell. Year 29 of Caesar, Phaophi 6.

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