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p.oxy.50.3570 ca. 285Oxyrhynchos
Letter from Besarion to Apollonius via HGV-meta
Letter from Besarion to Apollonios about hay for the prefect's animals. A letter from Besarion to Apollonios at Oxyrhynchus, around AD 285, reporting that the assessor of the former epistrategos and an official had arrived saying that 15 animals belonging to the prefect's princeps needed hay. Besarion urges Apollonios to have the hay sent at once so that no complaint arises. machine translation
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- Letter from Besarion to Apollonius HGV-meta Oxyrhynchosca. 285
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
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Transcription
κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Ἀπολλωνίῳ
Βησαρίων χαίρειν.
ὁ συνκάθεδρος τοῦ ἀπαλλαγέντος
ἐπιστρατήγου ἅμα τινὶ ὀφφικιαλίῳ
ἐλθὼν πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἔφησεν κτήνη
τοῦ πρίγκιπος τοῦ ἡγεμόνος ἐνταῦθα
εἶναι ἀριθμῷ δεκαπέντε οἷς χρῄζειν χόρτου μανδακίων πέντε
καὶ γράμματα περὶ τοῦ παρασχεθῆναι
χόρτον κεκομίσθαι Φιλιάρχῳ τῷ
στρατηγῷ παρόντι γραφέντα ὑπὸ τοῦ
πρίγκιπος. ἵνʼ οὖν προνοήσῃ τοῦ
ἀποσταλῆναι ἐνταῦθα χόρτον γράφω σοι. ἀλλὰ εὐθέως ποίησον
ἀποσταλῆναι ἵνα μὴ διὰ τὴν αἰτίαν ταύτην δόξωσίν τι μέμφεσθαι.
ἔρρωσό μοι.Translations (1)
To my lord brother Apollonios, Besarion greetings.
The assessor of the departed epistrategos, together with an official (officialis), came to us and said that animals of the princeps of the prefect were here, 15 in number, for which they needed 5 bundles of hay, and that a letter written by the princeps about the supply of hay had been delivered to Philiarchos the strategos, who is present. So I am writing to you so that he may see to it that hay is sent here. But have it sent immediately, so that they may not appear to find fault with anything for this reason.
Farewell, I pray.
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- TM-Text 15392 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;50;3570 tier-1
- HGV-Text 15392 tier-1
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