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p.oxy.48.3420 IVOxyrhynchos

Letter from Ammonius to Sarapammon via HGV-meta

Letter from Ammonios to his patron Sarapammon about prices of meat and chaff. A letter from Ammonios to his master and patron Sarapammon complaining that Sarapammon's letters fail to state the prices of meat, chaff and other goods to be collected from the villagers. Ammonios also reports sending people with receipts and letters, asks about accounts and payments for oil-presses, and urges a quick reply. It comes from 4th-century Oxyrhynchus. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r,ctr] τῷ δεσπότῃ μου πάτρωνι Σαραπάμμωνι Ἀμμώνιος. θαυμάζω ὅπως οὕτω γράφεις μοι μὴ δηλώσας διὰ σῶν γραμμάτων μήτε τὴν τιμὴν ἵνα πρὸ τῆς ἀνάγκης καὶ οἱ ἄγροικοι τὸ ἕτοιμον ἑαυτῶν ποιήσουσιν. ἔπεχε μὴ ὕστερον τὸ πᾶν καύσομεν· ἐὰν γὰρ οὕτως αὖτις γράψῃς οὐκ ἐπʼ ἐμοὶ τὸ αἴτιον. φθάνει ἄρτι Ἀμμωνιανὸς γράφων εἰς Νεσμῖμιν πλατικῶς. ὅυτω γράφεις. ἐδήλωσας οὖν διὰ Ἀμόιν ἴδιόν σου ὡς περὶ κρέως λιτρῶν χ· οὐκ ἐδήλωσας ἐκ πόσου τῆς λίτρας. καὶ περὶ ἀχύρου λιτρῶν μυριάδος α πάλιν τὴν τιμὴν οὐκ ἐδήλωσας, ἢ ὅτι τὸ εἶδος, λέγω δὴ τὸ ἄχυρον, θέλεις πέμψαι εἰς τὴν πόλιν. οὕτω καὶ οἱ ἄγροικοι τὰ αὐτὰ λέγουσι, διὰ τὰ γράμματά σου ἡ πᾶσα ἐνεδρεία γίνεται. γράψόν μοι οὖν τὴν τιμὴν ἑκάστου εἴδους. παύσομαι μετὰ καὶ τῶν κακῶν μου θλιβόμενος. τάχα ὁ κατακλυσμὸς ἔρχεται ἵνα ἐν μιᾷ ῥοπῇ τὰ πάντα πληροῦμεν. ἀπέστειλά σοι Σαραηοῦν θυγατέρα Παυσιρίου ἔχουσαν ἀποχὴν κρέως λιτρῶν κβ Ἀμμωνιανοῦ· ἰδὲ εἰ ἐλημματίσθη· εἰ μή, ποίησον αὐτὴν λημματισθῆναι καὶ γράψον μοι. ἀπέστειλά σοι Ἀμμωνᾶν τὸν πεδιοφύλακα μετὰ γραμμάτων. ἐὰν ἀπόσχῃς τὰ σά, τὸ αὐτὸ ποίησον αὐτὸν πληρῶσαι. τὸ ἔριον εἰς τὰ πρόβατα ἐμερίσθη ὅπως ὁ ἀγροφύλαξ πληρῶσαι, καὶ οὐκ ὀλίγως. ἃ μὲν γράφεις μοι περὶ τοῦ Ζωιλᾶ, οὐκ ἀπέστειλας τὴν ἔχθεσιν αὐτῶν. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοις. [r,ms] μὴ ἀμελήσῃς γράψον μοι τὴν τιμὴν τοῦ κρέως ὅτι πόσον ἀπαιτοῦσιν τῆς λίτρας, οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ τοῦ ἀχύρου γράψον μοι. ἴσως οὐδὲ τὰ γράμματά μου ἀναγινώσκεις. ποίησον τὸν πρόεδρον δοῦναι χρυσοῦ γράμμα α 𐅵 δ ὑπὲρ ἐλαιουργίου κληρονόμων Σύρου· [v] ἤδη γὰρ καὶ ἐγὼ τὰ ἄλλα ἐλαιούργια ἀπαιτῶ. γράψον ἡμῖν ἐν τῇ σήμερον τὴν τιμὴν ἑκάστου καὶ τὴν τιμὴν τοῦ βουρδῶνος ὅτι πόσου ἑκάστης ἀρούρης καὶ φθάνε ἵνα πρὸ τῆς ἀνάγκης πάλιν βοηθήσουσι. τῷ δεσπότῃ μου πάτρωνι Σαραπάμμωνι Ἀμμώνιος

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
To my master and patron Sarapammon, Ammonios. I am surprised that you write to me like this without making clear in your letter even the price, so that before the time of compulsion the country people too may make their ready payment. Take care that we do not later burn everything; for if you write like this again, the blame is not on me. Ammonianos has just now written to Nesmimis in general terms. This is how you write. You made known through your own man Amois about 600 pounds of meat; you did not make clear at how much the pound. And about 10,000 pounds of chaff, again you did not make clear the price, or whether you want to send the commodity, I mean the chaff, to the city. So the country people too say the same: because of your letters the whole trickery happens. Write to me then the price of each commodity. I shall stop being distressed along with my troubles. Perhaps the flood is coming, so that at one stroke we may complete everything. I have sent you Saraeous daughter of Pausirios, who has a receipt of Ammonianos for 22 pounds of meat; see whether it was entered in the account; if not, have it entered and write to me. I have sent you Ammonas the field-guard with letters. If you receive what is yours, make him pay the same. The wool has been apportioned among the sheep so that the rural guard may pay, and not a little. As for what you write to me about Zoilas, you did not send their statement. I pray for your health for many years. [margin] Do not neglect to write me the price of the meat, how much they demand per pound, and moreover write to me about the chaff too. Perhaps you do not even read my letters. Have the president give 1 1/2 1/4 grams of gold for the oil-press of the heirs of Syros; [verso] for I too am already demanding payment for the other oil-presses. Write to us today the price of each, and the price of the mule, how much for each aroura, and hurry so that before the time of compulsion they may again help. To my master and patron Sarapammon, Ammonios.

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