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p.oxy.56.3861 IV - VOxyrhynchos

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Letter from Diogenes about grain shipment ordered by the governor. Letter from Diogenes to a colleague whom he calls brother, urging him on the governor's orders to load the outstanding grain of the 14th and 15th indictions onto the boat of the skipper Eulogios within two days and to collect gold owed. He also asks for a basket of fodder for the stable animals; from Oxyrhynchus, 4th-5th century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[…]κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Γ…[…] Διογένης. καιρὸν ἔχεις τὴν ἐνβολὴν τοῦ σίτου τῆς ιδ καὶ τῆς ιε ἰνδικτίωνος πληρῶσαι. ὁ γὰρ κύριος μου ὁ λαμπρότατος ἡγεμὼν ἐκέλευσεν ὥστε ἐκ πλήρους τὴν λοιπάδα τῆς ιδ καὶ τὸ γένημα τῆς ιε ἰνδικτίωνος ἐνβαλέσθαι εἰς τὸ πλοῖον τὸ ὑπὸ Εὐλόγιον κυβερνήτην. ἵνα τοίνυν μηδεμία μέμψις γένηται κατὰ σοῦ, ποίησονἔσω δύο ἡμερῶν πληρῶσαι τὸν λόγον, ἵνα καὶ τὸ χρυσίον τὸ χρεωστούμενον παρʼ αὐτῶν εἰσπράξῃς. μίαν δὲ σαργάνην χόρτου εἰς τροφὰς τῶν κτηνῶν τῶν ἐργαζομένων εἰς τὸ στάβλον κατʼ αὐτὴν τὴν ὥραν παράσχου τῷ ἀποσταλέντι. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοις κύριέ μου ἄδελφε. […]τρεῖς σαργάνας ἀχύρου[…] […]…ου απο…[…]…[…] [… ? lines lost …]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[…] to my lord brother G[…], Diogenes. You have time to complete the shipment of the grain of the 14th and the 15th indiction. For my lord the most illustrious governor has ordered that the remainder of the 14th and the produce of the 15th indiction be loaded in full onto the boat under the skipper Eulogios. So that no blame may arise against you, see to it that within two days you complete the account, so that you may also collect the gold owed by them. And provide to the man sent one basket of fodder for feeding the animals working at the stable, at this very hour. I pray for your health for many years, my lord brother. […] three baskets of chaff […] […] […]

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