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bgu.16.2655 21 - 20 v.Chr.Herakleopolites

Letter via HGV-meta

Letter from Aphrodisios to Soteles about unpaid oil and wheat. A business letter from Aphrodisios to Soteles complaining that Soteles has failed to send oil or the price of wheat owed in connection with Adrastos, and threatening to recover it from a third party. Written in year 10 of Augustus (21-20 BC) in the Herakleopolite nome. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

Ἀφροδίσιος Σωτέλῃ χαίρειν· ἐγὼ μὲν ἐν διαλήψει σε ἀγαθῇ εἶχον· ἐπεὶ δʼ ἐν οὐδενὶ μείζονι πειρᾶν σ[…] τοιοῦτον γεγονότα α…[…] ριστην ὀψώνια· τάδε …[…] ψον μοι ἃ ἐπεδέξου ἀπηγε[…] σεν μοι ὑπὲρ Ἀδράστου εισκ[…] …ν τούτῳ …ια… ἓξ καὶ τοῦ ἐλαίου τους…· ἐπεὶ δὲ οὐ βούλει τὸ ἔλαιον πέμπειν οὐδὲ τὴν τοῦ πυροῦ τιμήν, κομιοῦμαι παρὰ Ἀθετος καὶ ἔσῃ αὐτῶι ἐν τοιαύτηι διαλήψει· ἀπέσχες γὰρ πρὸ μηνῶν δύο τὸ Ἀδράστου γράμμα καὶ ἐγὼ ἀνθωμολογησάμην Πάτρωνι ἀπέχειν τὸν πυρὸν ὃν εγθ[…] εἰδὼς ὅτι πάντως σε δεῖ ἀποδοῦναι πέμψομεν ταχέως πρὸς τὴν ἀδελφὴν α…α… διὰ τὸ […] εἰς Κόμα ἡμᾶς χωρίζεσθαι πρὸς. ἡμέραν μίαν. ἔτους ι Καίσαρος … ε

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Aphrodisios to Soteles, greetings. I for my part held you in good regard; but since in no greater matter […] to test […] having become such […] […] wages. These […] send (?) me the things you undertook […] to me on behalf of Adrastos […] in this […] six and of the oil […]. But since you do not wish to send the oil nor the price of the wheat, I shall recover it from Athes (?), and you will be held in such regard by him. For two months ago you received the letter of Adrastos, and I acknowledged to Patron that I had received the wheat which […], knowing that you must by all means repay. We shall send quickly to the sister […] because […] we are leaving for Koma for one day. Year 10 of Caesar, […] 5.

Connections

Found at Herakleopolites

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