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bgu.16.2608 10 - 1 v.Chr.Herakleopolites, Ägypten

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Letter from Herakleides to Athenodoros the dioiketes about brewers' barley. A private business letter from Herakleides to Athenodoros, the estate manager (dioiketes), reporting on a visit to Tilothis where the brewers had not yet processed the barley, and asking for instructions. It dates to the reign of Augustus, from the Herakleopolite nome. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Ἡρακλείδης Ἀθηνοδώρωι τῶι ἀδελφῶι πλεῖστα χαίρειν καὶ διὰ παντὸς ὑγιαίνειν ὡς εὔχομαι· ἐπορεύθην εἰς Τιλῶθιν· οἱ ζυτοποιοὶ οὐκ ἤλησαν τὴν κριθὴν ἐὰν μὴ ἔκδυσκ…τστε αὐτοὺς τοῦ στατῆρος εἰς τὸν Παῦνι· διὸ ἐὰν φαίνηταί σοι σήμανον· ἴσθι δὲ πεπονηκώς τὴν κριθὴν θυμικῶς· ἐὰν γὰρ λάθῃς, τὸ ὅλον ἀπορεῖται· διὸ γράφω σοι ἵνʼ εἰδῇς· σήμανον οὖν περὶ ὧν θέλεις καὶ σεαυτοῦ ἐπιμέλου ἵνʼ ὑγιαίνῃς· ἔρρωσο. ἔτους κ… Καίσαρος Φαμενὼθ ιη [v] Ἀθηνοδώρωι τῶι διοικητῇ

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Herakleides to Athenodoros his brother, very many greetings and constant good health, as I pray. I went to Tilothis. The brewers have not milled (?) the barley unless […] them for the stater for Pauni. So if it seems good to you, let me know. Know that I have worked hard over the barley with great effort (?); for if you neglect it, the whole thing is in difficulty. Therefore I write to you so that you may know. Let me know, then, about what you want, and take care of yourself so that you stay well. Farewell. Year 2[…] of Caesar, Phamenoth 18. [verso] To Athenodoros the dioiketes.

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Found at Herakleopolites

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