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bgu.16.2613 Herakleopolites

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Letter from Seleukos to Athenodoros asking protection for his companions. A private letter from Seleukos to his 'brother' Athenodoros, asking him to stop his agents from harassing three local men, an epistates, a scribe and Heraklas son of Ebes, over the arithmetikon tax, since they are his companions. It comes from the Herakleopolite nome and is dated year 16 of Caesar (Augustus). machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

Σέλευκος Ἀθηνοδώρωι τῶι ἀδελφῶι πλεῖστα χαίρειν καὶ διὰ παντὸς ἐρρῶσθαι· Ἡρᾶς ὁ ἐπιστάτης καὶ Ἀρτεμᾶς ὁ γραμματεὺς καὶ Ἡρακλᾶς τοῦ Ἐβήους ἐντετεύχασι ὡς ἐνοχλούμενοι ὑπὸ τῶν παρὰ σοῦ πρὸς ἀριθμητικόν· ἐρωτῶ οὖν σε συντάξαι τῶν συνεκδήμων μου ἀποσχέσθαι ἢ ὅτι παροπλιεῖς με· μὴ οὖν ἄλλως ποιήσηις· τὰ δʼ ἄλλα ἐπιμέλου σεαυτοῦ ἵνʼ ὑγιαίνηις· ἔρρωσο· ἔτους ιϛ Καίσαρος Με… β

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Seleukos to his brother Athenodoros, very many greetings and constant good health. Heras the epistates and Artemas the scribe and Heraklas son of Ebes have complained that they are being harassed by your people over the arithmetikon. I ask you therefore to order that my fellow travellers be left alone, or else you will be slighting (?) me. So do not do otherwise. For the rest, take care of yourself so that you stay healthy. Farewell. Year 16 of Caesar, Me[…] 2.

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Found at Herakleopolites

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