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p.oxy.56.3854 IIIOxyrhynchos

Plolos to Horus via HGV-meta

Letter from Plolos the potter to Horos the camel-driver about selling wine. A letter from Plolos, a potter, to Horos, a Syrian camel-driver, about wine. Plolos gave Horos ten spathia of old wine as freight payment and twelve more to carry to the Oxyrhynchite nome, sell at the current price, and bring him back the money, which he urgently needs. Third century AD, Oxyrhynchus. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Πλολῶς Ὥρῳ καμηλάτῃ Σύρῳ χαίρειν. καθὼς ὕλισά σοι οἴνου παλαιοῦ σπαθία δέκα ὑπὲρ φορέτρου καὶ ἐμοὶ σπαθία δώδεκα ἀρεῖν αὐτὰ εἰς Ὀξυρυγχείτην ὅπως πωλήσῃς τὰ δώδεκα σπαθία τῆς οὔσης τιμῆς ἐν τῷ Ὀξυρυγχείτῃ καὶ κομίσῃς μοι τὸ ἀργύριον. μὴ οὖν ἀμελήσῃς, ἀλλʼ ἐρχόμενος φέρων μοι τὴν τιμὴν … των, ἐπεὶ χρείαν τοῦ κέρματος ἔχω. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι. [v] Ὥρῳ καμηλάτῃ Σύρῳ παρὰ Πλολῶς κεραμέως Ὥρῳ καμηλάτῃ Σύρῳ παρὰ Πλολῶς κεραμέως

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Plolos to Horos the Syrian camel-driver, greetings. As I strained (?) for you ten spathia of old wine as payment for transport, and for me twelve spathia, to carry them to the Oxyrhynchite nome so that you may sell the twelve spathia at the current price in the Oxyrhynchite and bring me the money. So do not neglect this, but when you come bring me the price […], since I need the cash. I pray for your health. [verso] To Horos the Syrian camel-driver, from Plolos the potter. To Horos the Syrian camel-driver, from Plolos the potter.

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