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bgu.16.2661 25. Juni - 24. Juli 12 v.Chr.Herakleopolites
Letter via HGV-meta
Letter of Sosibios about a boat's cargo and a matter of honey. A business letter from Sosibios reporting on a boat's cargo being unloaded, listing wine, vinegar, oil, pulses, pigs and timber, and mentioning a dispute over honey involving Soterichos and Ischyras. It dates to the reign of Augustus, 12 BC, in the Herakleopolite nome. machine translation
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TM 23385.
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- Letter HGV-meta Herakleopolites25. Juni - 24. Juli 12 v.Chr.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
περὶ τοῦ μέλιτος καὶ οὐκ ἔλαβον καὶ ἐπέσεισα αὐτούς,
Σωτήριχον καὶ Ἰσχυρᾶν.
ἐμοῦ δʼ ἐθέλοντος καταντῆσαι πρός σε πρὸς τὸ
ἐπισκέψασθαί σε μετέλαβον παρὰ τῶν περὶ
Φιλέρωτα ὅτι… ὡς
ἔσχηκα. ὑγίαινε.
Σωσιβίου
γίγνωσκε το πλοῖον τῇ κε ὤφειλε
παραγενέσθαι· καὶ ἠνδραγαθήσαμεν μέχρι οὗ ἐκβάλεται
τὰ ὑπογεγραμμένα·
οἴνου κεράμια ιε, ὄξου β, τρυγίας β,
ἐλαίου μετρηταὶ η, ξενικοῦ ἐσφραγισμένη α.
φασήλου καὶ ἐρέγματος κοιεκ… ι
ὧν κεῖται εἰς τὸν ὅρμον κοι δ
…ας Ἀρσινοιτικ δ …ϛ γ
χοῖροι γ, κ…αρ[…]…ινα ξϛ·
τόν δὲ τόμιον οὐκ ἔλαβον·
ἐστέγασται εἰς τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ πλοίου
ἰτέινα ξύλα δ· γράφεις δέ μοι
παραλαβεῖν ε ὥστʼ ἔλαβον
καὶ ἐλάινα πεπρασμένα δ,
ἄλλα ἐλάινα, ἀντὶ ὧν μοι
γράφεις ἕνδεκα , δέκα ·
παρέλαβον ὄξου κεράμια ιβ,
τὰ κείμενα ἐν τῷ ὅρμῳ δίχηλα
β ὁμοίως ἐν τῷ ὅρμῳ καὶ τοῦ
κορμοῦ· τὸ δὲ πιττάκιον
τοῦ μέλιτος συνεσφραγισμένον·
πολλὰ γὰρ παρήδρευσα·
καὶ σεαυτοῦ ἐπιμέλου ἵνʼ ὑγιαίνῃς ὃ
δὴ μέγιστον ἡγοῦμαι· ἔτους ιη Καίσαρος Ἐπεὶφ
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παρὰ ΣωσιβίουTranslations (1)
[…] about the honey, and they did not take it, and I put pressure on them, Soterichos and Ischyras. When I wanted to come to you in order to visit you, I learned from Phileros and his people that … as I have (it?). Farewell.
From Sosibios.
Know that the boat was due to arrive on the 25th; and we did our best until the items listed below are unloaded: 15 jars of wine, 2 of vinegar, 2 of wine lees, 8 metretai of oil, 1 sealed (jar) of foreign (wine). Of beans and split pulse, 10 … (koiek?), of which 4 … (koi?) are lying at the mooring; 4 Arsinoite …, 3 …; 3 pigs, 66 … The cut piece (?) they did not take. Stored under the cabin of the boat are 4 willow logs. You write to me to take delivery of 5, so I took also 4 olive-wood (logs) that had been sold, other olive-wood ones, in place of which you write eleven to me, ten. I received 12 jars of vinegar, the 2 cloven-hoofed animals (?) lying at the mooring, likewise at the mooring also some of the log. The note about the honey is sealed along with the rest; for I kept close watch a great deal. And take care of yourself so that you stay healthy, which indeed I consider most important. Year 18 of Caesar, Epeiph […].
[verso]
From Sosibios.
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Herakleopolites
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 23385 primary
- DDbDP-Text bgu;16;2661 tier-1
- HGV-Text 23385 tier-1
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