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p.oxy.49.3505 II (?)Oxyrhynchos
Papontos to Alexander via HGV-meta
Letter from Papontos to Alexander about hides and mats for sale. A business letter from Papontos to his associate Alexander at Oxyrhynchus, sent with Didymos along with a consignment of hides and red-dyed mats, some owned jointly with Herakleides. Papontos asks Alexander to send the proceeds, report on prices and stock, release Didymos quickly, and advance money to the sailor Pausanias if needed. machine translation
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TM 26609.
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- Papontos to Alexander HGV-meta OxyrhynchosII (?)
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
Παποντῶς Ἀλεξάνδρωι τῶι ἰδίωι
χαίρειν.
διεπεμψάμην σοι διὰ Διδύμου δέρματα
βότεια τὸν δὲ ἀριθμὸν αὐτῶν μεταδώσει σοι
ὁ αὐτὸς Δίδυμος καὶ ψιάθους ἐμοῦ μόνου
μεμιλτωμένας λη, κοινωνιμαίας
μεθʼ Ἡρακλείδου πβ ὧν τὸ ἥμισύ ἐστιν ἐμοῦ, τῆς δαπάνης πάσης τῶν
τε βοτείων καὶ πασῶν τῶν ψιάθων
οὔσης πρὸς Ἡρακλείδην. τὰ ἀργύρια ἐὰν
συνλέξῃς εὐθέως διὰ ἐπιθήκης διαπέμψαι μοι. δήλωσόν μοι πόσα βότεια παρέλαβες καὶ πόσης τιμῆς πιπράσκεται,
καὶ πόσαι ψίαθοι ἀπόκεινται ἀπὸ τοῦ
προτέρου φορτίου, καὶ σὺν τούτοις πόσαι
ἀπόκεινται. ταῦτα δὲ πάντα διὰ τοῦ
αὐτοῦ Διδύμου δηλώσεις μοι. εὐθέως δὲ
τὸν αὐτὸν Δίδυμον ἀπόλυσον, ἵνα μὴ ἐπὶ
πλεῖον παρέλκηται παρὰ σοί. ……τω
[…]……αλλ…[…]…ερα
[…] δὲ ἐπιθήκην …[…]…ηδοις
…[…]…[…] Διοσκουρίδηι καὶ […] τινι
δια…[…]υ πέμψον μοι. ἀσπάζονταί
σε Σαραπιὰς καὶ οἱ ἐν οἴκῳ πάντες. ἀσπάζομαί σε Διονύσιος. ἔρρωσο.
ιε ἔτους Μεχεὶρ ϛ
εἴ τινος ἐὰν δέηται ἀργυρίου Παυσανίας
ὁ ναυτικὸς, δὸς, καὶ δήλωσόν μοι πόσα ἔλαβε.
[v]
Ἀλεξάνδρωι παρὰ ΠαποντῶτοςTranslations (1)
[recto]
Papontos to Alexander, his own, greeting.
I have sent you through Didymos hides of cattle (?), and Didymos himself will tell you their number; and mats belonging to me alone, coloured with red ochre, 38, and mats held in partnership with Herakleides, 82, of which half are mine, the whole expense of both the hides and all the mats being chargeable to Herakleides. If you collect the money, send it to me at once with an escort (?). Let me know how many hides you received and at what price they are selling, and how many mats are left in store from the previous cargo, and how many are in store together with these. You will let me know all this through the same Didymos. Release the same Didymos at once, so that he is not kept with you any longer. […] […] escort […] to Dioskourides and […] to someone […] send to me. Sarapias and all those in the household greet you. I, Dionysios, greet you. Farewell.
Year 15, Mecheir 6.
If Pausanias the sailor needs any money, give it, and let me know how much he received.
[verso]
To Alexander from Papontos.
Connections
Found at
Oxyrhynchus
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 26609 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;49;3505 tier-1
- HGV-Text 26609 tier-1
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