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bgu.16.2636 Herakleopolites
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Letter to Ischyrion about sending Diogenes and an alleged debt. A private letter to a man named Ischyrion, written by someone who had received his letter at Herakleopolis. The writer has sent his friend Diogenes to look into a matter concerning him, insists he owes nothing in the Aphroditopolite nome, and asks that Diogenes be sent back quickly because he is needed for the harvest. machine translation
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TM 23360.
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- Letter HGV-meta Herakleopolites-21
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Ἰσχυρίωνι τῶι φιλτάτῳ χαίρειν καὶ
διὰ παντὸς ὑγιαίνειν· γενόμενος ἐν
Ἡρακλέους πόλει τῇ ϛ ἐδεξάμην παρά τινος
τῶν σῶν παρὰ σοῦ ἐπιστολὴν ἐν ᾗ
ἐσήμαινες πέμψαι τινὰ τῶν ἐμῶν, ὃς
ἐπιγνώσεται τὸ ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐκτιθέμενον
κεφάλαιον· εὐθέως οὖν Διογένην τὸν
ἐμὸν φίλον ἔπεμψα πρός σε· σύνοιδα δὲ ἐμαυτῷ
καλῶς ὡς ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἀφροδιτοπολίτου
…[…]…ς ἀπούσης ὀφείλω οὐδὲ ἕν· σὺ δὲ
φίλτατε ἐρωτηθεὶς γράφε ἡμῖν ὑπὲρ
ὧν ἂν αἱρῆις παντὸς τοῦ κατὰ δύναμιν ἐσομένου· ὀρθῶς δὲ χρήσῃ τὸν Διογένην
μοι ταχύτερον ἀπολύσας· προσδέομαι
[…] γὰρ αὐτοῦ ἐνταῦθα διὰ τὸν τῆς
συγκομιδῆς τῶν γενημάτων καιρόν·
ἀόκνως οὖν ἐπίστελλε ἵνα καὶ αὐτὸς
δύνωμαι γράφειν ἡμῖν.Translations (1)
To his dearest Ischyrion, greetings and continual good health. When I was in Herakleopolis on the 6th, I received from one of your people a letter from you, in which you indicated that I should send one of my people who will learn about the matter (?) set out concerning me. So I immediately sent Diogenes, my friend, to you. I am well aware that in the Aphroditopolite nome […] absent, I owe not a single thing. Please, dearest, write to us about whatever you wish, since everything within my power will be done. You will do well to release Diogenes to me quickly, for I need him here because of the season of harvesting the crops. So write without hesitation, so that I too may be able to write […].
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 23360 primary
- DDbDP-Text bgu;16;2636 tier-1
- HGV-Text 23360 tier-1
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