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Private Letter: Eudaemon to Hegumenus via HGV-meta
Letter from Eudaimon to Hegoumenos about jars of olives. A private letter from Eudaimon to Hegoumenos, written in the 3rd century AD and found at Oxyrhynchus. Eudaimon reports that in the Herakleopolite nome he handed two jars of olives and a message for Chresimos to Pasikas for delivery, promises to send or bring the cook's wages, and tells Hegoumenos not to pay the man delivering the olives. machine translation
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- Private Letter: Eudaemon to Hegumenus HGV-meta OxyrhynchosIII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
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· Greek
Transcription
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χαῖρε κύριέ μου
Ἡγούμενε παρὰ Εὐδαίμονος.
παραγενόμενος εἰς Ἡρακλεοπολίτην
δέδωκα τὰ β κεράμια
Πασικᾷ τῶν ἐλαιῶν
ἵνα σοι ἀποδῷ. ἀλλὰ
καὶ τὸ ἐργατικὸν τοῦ
μαγείρου σου ὅσον οὔπω
ἢ πέμψω ἢ κομιῶ, ὅταν
μοι ποιήσῃς γραφῆναι, εἴ
γε βούλει πρὸς σὲ γενέσθαι.
τῷ ἀγαθωτάτῳ Χρησίμῳ
τὸ ἐντόλιον ἐκεῖ ἐνεγκὼν
τῷ αὐτῷ δέδωκα Πασικᾷ.
ἐάν σοι ἡδὺ ᾖ, γράψεις μοι
τί βούλει πρὶν ταξ[…]…
θέλουσι λαβεῖν προσ[…]…ρεσιν.
[r,ms]
μηδὲν ὑπὲρ τιμῆς δῷς τῷ τὰς ἐλαίας σοι διδόντι.
ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι, κύριέ μου.Translations (1)
Greetings, my lord Hegoumenos, from Eudaimon.
Having arrived in the Herakleopolite nome, I gave the 2 jars of olives to Pasikas so that he might deliver them to you. And as for the labour-wage (?) of your cook, I will very soon either send it or bring it, when you have it written to me, if indeed you want me to come to you. The letter of instruction (?) for the most excellent Chresimos, which I brought there, I gave to the same Pasikas. If it pleases you, you will write to me what you want before […] they wish to receive […].
[margin] Give nothing as payment to the man who gives you the olives.
I pray for your health, my lord.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 78613 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;66;4544 tier-1
- HGV-Text 78613 tier-1
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