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bgu.15.2494 frühes IIIAlexandria (?)
Letter from Ptolemaios to Zosimos via HGV-meta
Letter from Ptolemaios to his brother Zosimos about collecting debts. A private letter from Ptolemaios to his brother Zosimos, reproaching him for not delivering letters and instructing him to collect what certain men (Longinus, Serenus, Strenion and others) owe, issue receipts for partial payments and pass the proceeds to Saturnilus. It closes with greetings to his sister and household; it dates to the early 3rd century AD, possibly from Alexandria. machine translation
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TM 30047.
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- Letter from Ptolemaios to Zosimos HGV-meta Alexandria (?)frühes III
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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Πτολεμαῖος Ζωσίμῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ πλεῖστα
χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαι σὲ
ὑγιαίνειν καὶ τὸ προσκύνημα σοῦ ποιῶ
παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Σαράπιδι. οὐ καλῶς ἐποίησας λαβὼν παρʼ ἐμοῦ ἐπιστόλεια
δοῦναι […]… οὐκ ἔπεμψας
[…]οὐκ ἔπεμψας αὐτῷ
[…]μὴ ὀκνήσῃς, γενοῦ
[…]τον πᾶσι, οἷς μοι
…[…]ἐξοδιάσωσιν ἃ
ὀφείλωσιν …[…]διδόναι μηδεμίαν ἀφορμὴν[…]…ν ἐν σπέρματι
δηλῶσαι τοῦτʼ ἐστὶν τὰ ὀνόματα αὐτῶν
Λογγεῖνον καὶ Σερῆνον καὶ Στρηνίωνα
[…]Πτολεμαίου καὶ τὸν τοῦ πε…
εἴ τι ἐὰν δῶσιν σοὶ ἀπὸ μέρους, δὸς αὐτοῖς ἀποχὴν καὶ μετάβαλε αὐτὰ Σατορνίλῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ μου, ὅτου α[…]τὰ
παρʼ αὐτοῦ γράμματα ὀφ[…]
τοῦ περισυνοῦ ἀρτάβας […]
συνλέγει ἐφέτος επ…[…]
τὴν παιδίσκην μου …[…]
αὐτῇ ἕξ , γράφων μοι […]
γράφου ἐκομισάμην […]ἀσπάζομαι τὴν ἀδελφήν μου[…]
καὶ πάντες τοὺς ἐν οἴκῳ[…]
ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι
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ἀπόδος Ζωσίμῳ ἀδελφῷ Πτολεμαίου ἀδελφοῦTranslations (1)
[recto]
Ptolemaios to Zosimos his brother, very many greetings.
Before all else I pray that you are in good health, and I make your obeisance before the lord Sarapis. You did not do well, having received letters from me to give […] you did not send […] you did not send to him […] do not hesitate, be […] to all, to whom me […] they may pay out what they owe […] to give no pretext […] in seed, to make known, that is, their names: Longinus and Serenus and Strenion […] of Ptolemaios and the son of […]. If they give you anything in part, give them a receipt and transfer it to Saturnilus my brother, until […] the letters from him […] of the surplus (?) artabas […] he is collecting this year […] my slave girl […] to her six, writing to me […] write: I received […]. I greet my sister […] and all those in the house […]. I pray for your health.
[verso]
Deliver to Zosimos his brother, from Ptolemaios his brother.
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Alexandria
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 30047 primary
- DDbDP-Text bgu;15;2494 tier-1
- HGV-Text 30047 tier-1
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