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p.oxy.47.3357 spätes IOxyrhynchos

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Letter from Didymos to Dionysios about slave boys and a lease. A business letter from Didymos to Dionysios son of Theon about a matter concerning slave boys, in which the secretary Kleon has been pressing them, and about a lease of Artemas from the village of Phebichis. Dionysios is asked to send a document safely wrapped and sealed. It dates to the late 1st century AD, from Oxyrhynchus. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Δίδυμος Διονυσίωι τῶι φιλτάτωι χαίρειν. οἶδας ὅτι Κλέων ὁ γραμματεὺς πολλάκις ἡμᾶς συνέσχηκε περὶ τοῦ πράγματος τῶν παιδαρίων καὶ διὰ …χου ἠρώτησα αὐτὸν ἀναμεῖναι τὴν Φανίου παρουσίαν. παρακληθεὶς οὖν ἀνένεγκε τὸ πρᾶγμα Φανίᾳ ἵνα αὐτὸν ἐρωτήσῃ ὡς ἐὰν θέλῃ. ἐμνήσθην Φανίᾳ περὶ τῆς μισθώσεως Ἀρτεμᾶτος τοῦ ἀπὸ Φεβείχεως. εὐθέως οὖν λαβὼν πέμψον μοι διὰ τῶν ὀνηλατῶν ἢ διὰ ἄλλου ἀσφαλοῦς συνελίξας ἀχρήστῳ καὶ σφραγίσας. ἔρρωσο καὶ καλῶς ἔχε. [v] Διονυσίῳ υἱῷ Θέωνος …ις……

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Didymos to his dearest Dionysios, greetings. You know that Kleon the secretary has often detained us about the matter of the slave boys, and through […] I asked him to wait for the arrival of Phanias. So, at my urging, refer the matter to Phanias, so that he may ask him as he wishes. I have reminded Phanias about the lease of Artemas from Phebichis. So take it at once and send it to me by the donkey-drivers or by some other safe person, rolled up in waste paper and sealed. Farewell and keep well. [verso] To Dionysios son of Theon […]

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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