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bgu.16.2644 26. Juni 4 v.Chr.Herakleopolites

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Letter to the merchant Athenodoros about boats requisitioned by the legion. A business letter to the merchant Athenodoros reporting that the legion has requisitioned all the boats, so the writer cannot ship wheat to Koma and asks for another boat lest the grain go unsold. Written in the Herakleopolite nome on 26 June 4 BC. machine translation

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  • Letter HGV-meta Herakleopolites26. Juni 4 v.Chr.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[…]Ἀθηνοδώρωι τῶι ἐμπολαίωι […]πλεῖστα χαίρειν καὶ διὰ παντὸς ἐρρωμένωι ἄριστα ἐπανάγειν ὡς εὔχομαι· γίγνωσκε ὅτι τὰ πλοῖα ἅπαντα ἐγγεγάρευται ὑπὸ τῆς λεγεῶνος καὶ οὐχ εὑρίσκω πως νῦν τὸν πυρὸν μεταγάγω εἰς Κόμα· εἰ οὖν ἐθέλεις πέμψον μοι πλοῖον ἕτερον ὅπως πορεύωμαι εἰς τὴν Κόμα· ἐὰν γὰρ μὴ μεταχθῆι ὁ πυρὸς ἄπρατος ἔσται· ἕκαστος γὰρ …[…] …ου γεωργὸς ἀπὸ Νέας Ἀγορᾶς· οἱ γὰρ ἑλόντες τὴν νέαν ἤδη οἱ πλείονες πεδ…ται τὴν τιμὴν τῆι λεγεῶνι· Ἀντίοχός φασιν ἐμὲ δεῖν λαβεῖν εἰς ἃ ἐποίησαν …[…] ὑπερ… τ[…]ὸ ἀνήλωμα· πρὸ τῶν ὅλων σεαυτοῦ ἐπιμέλου ἵνʼ ὑγιαίνῃς ὃ δὴ μέγιστον ἡγοῦμαι· ἔρρωσο· ἔτους κϛ Καίσαρος Ἐπεὶφ β

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[…] to Athenodoros the merchant, […] very many greetings and that you may continue always in the best of health, as I pray. Know that all the boats have been requisitioned by the legion, and I cannot find how I may now transport [the wheat] to Koma. So if you are willing, send me another boat so that I may travel to Koma. For if [the wheat] is not transported, it will be unsold. For each […] farmer from Nea Agora; for those who took the new (crop?), most of them already […] the price to the legion. Antiochos, they say, I must receive for what they did […] the expense. Above all, take care of yourself so that you stay healthy, which I consider most important. Farewell. Year 26 of Caesar, Epeiph 2.

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Found at Herakleopolites

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