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p.oxy.42.3085 IIIOxyrhynchos
Letter of Hermias to Sarapion via HGV-meta
Letter from Hermeias to Sarapion about the price of a piglet. A private letter from Hermeias to Sarapion, who left without paying the 60-drachma price of a piglet. Hermeias asks him to pay the sum to Alexander, the bearer of the letter, who has already advanced the money, and warns that he may otherwise claim his expenses too. It dates to the 3rd century AD and comes from Oxyrhynchus. machine translation
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- Letter of Hermias to Sarapion HGV-meta OxyrhynchosIII
Inscriptions (1)
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· Greek
Transcription
Ἑρμείας Σαραπίωνι τῷ
φιλτάτῳ χαίρειν.
ἀλόγως ἀποστὰς οὐ καλῶς
ἐποίησας ἔχων τὴν τιμὴν τοῦ χοιριδίου ἐν
δραχμαῖς ξ. καλῶς οὖν ποιήσεις μεταβαλόμενος Ἀλεξάνδρῳ
τῷ διδόντι σοι τὴν ἐπιστολὴν, ἀφʼ οὗ τὰς ἴσας
ἤδη ἔσχον. μὴ τοίνυν
ποιήσῃς με σκυ……
ἀλόγως, ἵνα μηδὲ τὰ ἀναλώματα ἀπαιτήσω σε.
ἔρρωσο.Translations (1)
Hermeias to his dearest Sarapion, greetings.
You did wrong in going off without reason, keeping the price of the piglet, 60 drachmas. Please therefore transfer it to Alexander, who is delivering this letter to you, from whom I have already received the equivalent sum. So do not make me [...] without reason, so that I do not also demand the expenses from you.
Farewell.
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Oxyrhynchus
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- TM-Text 30343 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;42;3085 tier-1
- HGV-Text 30343 tier-1
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