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p.oxy.41.2996 II (?)Oxyrhynchos
Letter from Anthestianus to Psois via HGV-meta
Letter from Anthestianus to the potter Psois demanding payment of debts. A letter from Anthestianus to the potter Psois demanding payment of 700 drachmas owed for chaff and transport costs, plus wheat and wine, and threatening to summon him through an official if he keeps evading payment. It probably dates to the 2nd century AD and comes from Oxyrhynchus. machine translation
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- Letter from Anthestianus to Psois HGV-meta OxyrhynchosII (?)
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· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Ἀνθεστιανὸς Ψόϊτι
κεραμεῖ χαίρειν.
καὶ πρώην μὲν πάλιν
ἔπεμψα πρὸς σὲ Σαραπάμμωνα ὅπως ἤδη
ποτὲ τὰ προημαρτημένα σοι καὶ ἅπαξ καὶ δεύτερον διορθώσῃ καὶ ἀποδοῦναί σε ἃς ὀφείλεις ὑπέρ
τε λοιπῆς τιμῆς ἀχύρου
καὶ μισθοῦ κτηνῶν μεταφορᾶς τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἀχύρου
καὶ ὁμοίως μεταφορᾶς
χοὸς ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος
δραχμὰς ἑπτακοσίας ,
καὶ ὁμοίως ἃς ἔλαβες
παρʼ Ὡρείωνος τοῦ κεραμέως σοῦ παραμενον[…]…ς… πυροῦ ἀρτάβας
[…] τῷ πρώτῳ ἔτει
[…]ετα[…]ερμα…[…]
[…]ντοσ[…]ερανμ[…]
[…]χεσι[…]τααλε
[…] ἄλλας δραχμὰς
[…]κοντα καὶ οἴνου […]
[…]ι[…]τετράχοον ἕν , καὶ οὕτως πάλιν ἐπηρεάσας
τῷ ἔργῳ ἀπέστης καὶ λόγον
μὲν οὐκ ἔσχες τοῦ Σαραπάμμωνος ἀλλʼ ἔφης αὐτῷ ὅτι
τὸ νῦν μοι συνχώρησον ἐπεὶ ἀπὸ ξένης ἦλθον μετὰ τῆς πίσσης μου ἵνʼ εἰδῇς
τὸ σημεῖον. ἐδέησεν οὖν
με ἐρωτῆσαι τὸν φίλον Διονύσιον ὥστε σε ἀπαιτῆσαι ταῦτα ἃ ὀφείλεις ἢ δοῦναί
σε αὐτῷ ἐν κούφοις. ἔγραψα δὲ καὶ Σαραπάμμωνι ἐλθεῖν πάλιν πρὸς σὲ ἵνα μὴ
ἀναιδομαχῇς ἀγνωμονῶν πρὸς τὴν ἀπαίτησιν
προφασιζόμενος, ἀλλὰ
πάντως εὐγνωμόνησον
μὴ καὶ ἄλλως πως πράξω
πρὸς σὲ μεταπεμψάμενός
σε διὰ νομοφύλακος […]Translations (1)
Anthestianus to Psois, potter, greetings.
Recently, once again, I sent Sarapammon to you so that at long last you might set right your past offences, both the first and the second, and pay the 700 drachmas you owe for the balance of the price of chaff and for the hire of animals for transporting the same chaff, and likewise for transporting earth at the present time, and likewise the [...] artabas of wheat which you received from Horion the potter, your [...] in the first year [...] other drachmas [...]-ty and of wine [...] one four-chous jar; and so once again, having obstructed the work, you went off, and you took no account of Sarapammon but said to him: 'Excuse me for now, since I have come from abroad with my pitch,' so that you may know the token. So I had to ask my friend Dionysios to demand from you these things which you owe, or that you give them to him in light goods (?). I have also written to Sarapammon to come to you again, so that you may not fight shamelessly, behaving unreasonably towards the demand with excuses, but by all means be reasonable, lest I deal with you in some other way, summoning you through the nomophylax [...]
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 26868 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;41;2996 tier-1
- HGV-Text 26868 tier-1
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