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p.oxy.65.4493
Letter to Thaesis via HGV-meta
Letter from Herakleides to his mother Thaesis about bakers and chickens. A private letter from Herakleides to his mother Thaesis at Oxyrhynchus, first half of the 4th century AD. He urges her to press certain people, apparently bakers, before a festival, to appeal to the logistes (city curator) if they neglect her, to see to the oil, and to look after the chickens without selling any until he returns. machine translation
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- Letter to Thaesis HGV-meta Oxyrhynchos1. Hälfte IV
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· Greek
Transcription
[r]
κυρίᾳ μου μητρὶ Θαήσει Ἡρακλείδης υἱὸς πλεῖστα χαίρειν.
τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ
θεῷ. μὴ ἀμελήσεις οὖν ἐνοχλήσειν αὐτοῖς. ἔντελλε Ἀρτεμιδώρῳ
ὅτι καθὼς εἰρήκαμέν σοι ὅτι μὴ
ἀμελήσεις· ἐὰν ἀπέσχῃ ἡ πρώτη
ἡμέρα τῆς ἑορτῆς μὴ ἀφῇς αὐτοῖς
μηδεμίαν ἡμέραν. ἐὰν μάθῃς
οὖν ὅτι οὐκ ἐφρόντικάν σε, ὕπαγε πρὸς τὸν λογιστὴν καὶ ἔντυχε αὐτῷ ὅτι ἢ δός μοι τοὺς ἀρτοκόπους ἢ δός μοι γράμματα πρὸς
Διονυσόδωρον· ὅτι καὶ μὴ ἀμελήσεις
περὶ τοῦ ἐλαίου. ἀσπάζομαι τὴν
ἀδελφήν μου. ὕπαγε πρὸς τὸν
ἑψατήν μου Μώρου τὸν χειριστὴν
καὶ ὑπάγει τῷ λογιστῇ καὶ βάλλει
αὐτοὺς ἔξω. ὑπηρέτησον τὰ
ὀρνίθια. μὴ πωλήσεις οὖν ἐξ αὐτῶν ἄχρι ἔλθω. ἐρρῶσθαί σε
εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοις.
[v]
ἀπόδος Θαήσει παρὰ Ὡρίωνος κλιβανέως.Translations (1)
[recto]
To my lady mother Thaesis, Herakleides her son, very many greetings.
I make obeisance for you every day before the lord god. So do not neglect to pester them. Instruct Artemidoros that, as we told you, do not neglect it; if the first day of the festival passes (?), do not let them off a single day. So if you learn that they have not taken care of you, go to the logistes and petition him: 'Either give me the bakers or give me letters to Dionysodoros.' And do not neglect the matter of the oil. I greet my sister. Go to my boiler (?) Moros, the handler, and he goes to the logistes and throws them out. Look after the chickens. So do not sell any of them until I come. I pray for your health for many years.
[verso]
Deliver to Thaesis from Horion, oven-baker.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 78595 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;65;4493 tier-1
- HGV-Text 78595 tier-1
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