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bgu.16.2654 14. Juli 6 v.Chr.Herakleopolites

Letter of Recommendation via HGV-meta

Letter of recommendation for the farmer Ptoys to Soterichos the dioiketes. A letter of recommendation from Philotas to Soterichos, a financial administrator, on behalf of the farmer Ptoys, who carries the letter. Philotas asks Soterichos to make those whose goats ate Ptoys' green crop pay him compensation, noting that Ptoys pays the rents of Asklepiades the antigrapheus. Written in the Herakleopolite nome on 14 July 6 BC. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Φιλώτας Σωτηρίχωι τῶι διοικητῇ πλεῖστα χαίρειν καὶ διὰ παντὸς ὑγιαίνειν· Πτῶυς ὁ ἀποδιδούς σοι τὴν ἐπιστολὴν ἔστιν μου ἡμέτερος καὶ Ἀσκληπιάδου ἀντιγραφέως γεωργός· εὖ οὖν ποιήσεις ἐκπράξας τοὺς ὀφείλοντας αὐτῶι εἰς ἐκφόρια ὧν καταβέβρωκαν αἶγες αὐτοῦ χλωρὸν ἴδιον· καὶ γὰρ καὶ αὐτός σοι μετρεῖ τʼ ἐκφόρια Ἀσκληπιάδου ἀντιγραφέως· μὴ οὖν ἄλλως ποιήσεις· καὶ σεαυτοῦ ἐπιμέλου ἵνʼ ὑγιαίνῃς· ἔρρωσο· ἔτους κδ Καίσαρος Ἐπεὶφ κ [v] διοικης Σωτηρίχωι

Translations (1)

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[recto] Philotas to Soterichos the dioiketes, very many greetings and continual good health. Ptoys, who delivers this letter to you, is my own cultivator and that of Asklepiades the antigrapheus. Please, therefore, exact payment from those who owe him, as rent, for the green fodder of his own that their goats have eaten. For he himself measures out to you the rents of Asklepiades the antigrapheus. So do not act otherwise. And take care of yourself so that you stay healthy. Farewell. Year 24 of Caesar, Epeiph 20. [verso] To Soterichos the dioiketes.

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