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bgu.16.2614 21 v.Chr. - 5 n.Chr.Herakleopolites

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Letter from Athenodoros to Seleukos about wages and his release from office. A private letter from Athenodoros to his 'brother' Seleukos, reporting that he paid wages to a certain Ailianos as instructed and reminding Seleukos of his promise to release him from an administrative post. He also asks that a man called Herakles the lame be sent to him. It comes from the Herakleopolite nome, around the turn of the era. machine translation

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  • Letter HGV-meta Herakleopolites21 v.Chr. - 5 n.Chr.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

Ἀθηνόδωρος Σελεύκῳ τῷ φιλτάτωι ἀδελφῶι πλεῖστα χαίρειν καὶ διὰ παντὸς ἐρρωμένῳ ἄριστα ἐπανάγειν ὡς εὔχομαι· ὡς ἀπέστειλες λέγων μερίσαι ε[…] τῷ ἐλεάτρῳ Αἰλιανῷ μέχρι οὗ καὶ τὰ θʼ ἐξαρτίσας ὀψωνίοις ἐμέρισα. δέομαι δέ σου μή μου ἐπιλαθέσθαι ὥς μοι ὡμολόγησας ῥύσασθαι ἐκ τῆς οἰκονομίας· καὶ ἐάν μοι φαίνηται συντάξεις ὑμῖν γραφῆναι περὶ τῶν ἐν πρώτοις σοι … ἐγβησομένων θαιαναμλη ἐρωτῶ δέ σέ μοι πέμψασθαι Ἡρακλῆν τὸν χωλὸν ἄλογος ησ[…]ι αὐτὸν καὶ νῦν γενέσθαι. …[…] […]…ημ[…] [… ? lines lost …]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Athenodoros to Seleukos his dearest brother, very many greetings and that you may always continue in the best of health, as I pray. As you sent saying that I should distribute […] to the olive-presser (?) Ailianos, until I had also completed the 9 (?), I distributed it as wages. I ask you not to forget me, as you agreed with me to rescue me from the management (oikonomia); and if it seems good to me, you will order that it be written to you about the things that will first turn out for you […]. I ask you to send me Herakles the lame […] him to come even now. […] […] […]

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Found at Herakleopolites

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