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p.oxy.62.4340 Oxyrhynchos

Two Letters to Didyme via HGV-meta

Two letters from Petosiris and Thaesis to Didyme about purple, a mantle and wine. Two letters written on one sheet to a woman named Didyme at Oxyrhynchus, one from Petosiris and one from her mother Thaesis. Petosiris deals with purple dye, the sale of a mantle and collection of freight money; Thaesis reports on deliveries and sales of wine and asks for oil and a basket. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Πετοσίριος Διδύμῃ πολλὰ χαίρειν. τὸ πορφύριον ὅ ἔπεμφες ἡμῖν οὐ πεποίηται. πέμψον ἡμῖν […]… νον κύκλον δέσμας δέκα Δάφνῃ ὡς τὸ τοῦ μαφορτίου σου χρῶμα τὸ μαφόρτιον ὃ ἔχεις πώλησον δραχμῶν μη ἐὰν δὲ μὴ λάβῃς τὴν τιμὴν μὴ πώλησον, ἀλλὰ φρόντισον τὰς δραχμὰς μ καὶ πέμψον ἡμῖν ἐν τάχει. ἐξέτασον περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας τοῦ υἱοῦ Νειλοῦτος καὶ ἂν δεῖ γράψον ἡμῖν ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ. ἀπαίτησον Τεεῦν τὴν Ἡρακλείδου Σαράμμωνος δραχμὰς μ ὑπὲρ φορέτρου. Θαῆσις Διδύμῃ τῇ θυγατρὶ πολλὰ χαίρειν. παρέδωκα Ἡρακλείδῃ Σελμων καὶ Καπειδώλει οἴνου μετρητὰς ζ 𐅵 καὶ τὸ πρόλοιπον κέρματος ἀποκαθέστηκα αὐτοῖς σὺν τιμῇ μετρητῶν ιη 𐅵 ὡς τοῦ μετρητοῦ ἑνὸς δραχμῶν ξδ. ἔγραψεν μοι δὲ ἡ γυνή σου ἐκ σοῦ ὀνόματος καὶ πέπρακα τὸν οἶνον ἐκ δισσοῦ οὗ ἠγόρακα καὶ σεσημείωμαι δραχμὰς …. ὁ Σόεις ἐνοχλεῖ με περὶ τῆς ἀρτάβης τοῦ σίτου. καὶ ἂν νῦν πέμψον ἐπ̓ ἐμὲ κόκομαν ἐλαίου τῷ Ἡρακλείδῃ Σελμων καὶ κανίσκιον α. πολλά σε ἀσπάζομαι καὶ τοὺς ὑμῶν πάντας. Ἠσεῖς πολλά σε ἀσπάζετε καὶ Θεωνίλλα καὶ Νειλοῦς Διδύμη. ὁ γαμβρὸς Μηνᾶτος οὐδέν μοι δέδωκε. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὐχόμεθα, …[…]… [v] παρὰ Διδύμης παρὰ Θαῆσις καὶ Πετοσίριος

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Petosiris to Didyme, many greetings. The purple you sent us has not been made up. Send us […] ten bundles of […] circle (?) for Daphne, like the colour of your mantle. Sell the mantle you have for 48 drachmas; but if you do not get the price, do not sell it, but see to the 40 drachmas and send them to us quickly. Inquire about the welfare of the son of Nilous and, if necessary, write to us about him. Demand from Teeus the […] of Herakleides son of Sarammon 40 drachmas for freight. Thaesis to Didyme her daughter, many greetings. I handed over to Herakleides son of Selmon and to Capitolis 7 1/2 metretai of wine, and I have paid back to them the remainder in small change together with the price of 18 1/2 metretai at 64 drachmas per metretes. Your wife wrote to me in your name, and I have sold the wine at double what I bought it for, and I have recorded … drachmas. Soeis is bothering me about the artaba of wheat. And now send to me a kokoma of oil for Herakleides son of Selmon, and 1 little basket. I greet you warmly and all your people. Eseis greets you warmly, and Theonilla and Nilous Didyme. The son-in-law of Menas has given me nothing. We pray for your health, […] [verso] From Didyme (?). From Thaesis and Petosiris.

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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