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bgu.16.2665 28 - 27 v.Chr.Busiris (Herakleopolites)
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Letter from Tryphaina to her son Asklepiades about irrigation of land. A letter from Tryphaina to her son Asklepiades about the irrigation of family land holdings near several villages, rising prices, a request for coverlets and a sandal sent back. It dates to year 3 of Caesar (Augustus), 28-27 BC, from Busiris in the Herakleopolite nome. machine translation
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TM 23389.
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- Letter HGV-meta Busiris (Herakleopolites)28 - 27 v.Chr.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
Τρύφαινα Ἀσκληπιάδηι τῶι υἱῶι
χαίρειν καὶ διὰ παντὸς ὑγιαίνειν·
[…]… λαβοῦσα τὸ παρὰ σοῦ γράμμα τῆι ιϛ
ἐὰν περὶ Ὄγου κλῆρος ὁ Ἀγελάου
τὸ ἥμισυ αὐτοῦ βρεχήσεται, ἕως τούτου ὁ δὲ
περὶ Μοῦχιν οὔπω βέβρεκται, χειρῶμαι καὶ οἱ χαλκοῖ δεδαπανημένοι
εἰς τὰ χώματα πάντων· ὑπὲρ δὲ ὧν
ἔγραφες τιμητότερα ἐνταῦθα· ὁ θανάσιμος[…]λυβε καὶ οὔπω τιμὴ ἔσταται
ἐνκοιμήτρων μοι β σανδυκίνων λεπτῶν
κεκρουσμένων καὶ ὑγι…ι[…] μειρακίου
καὶ αὐτῆς μὴ ἀμελήσῃς […]…ε […]
…[…]πεμψον· τὸ ὑπόδημά σοι
ἀντέπεμψα διʼ Ἀπολλῶτος· αἱ τριάκοντα ἄρουραι
αἱ περὶ Νῶιν βεβρεγμέναι εἰσί· τὸν περὶ
Ταλὴ κλῆρον μὴ μισθώσηις ἀλλὰ
ἀπόλαυον ἐκεῖ πρὸς τὰ τὴν χρῆσιν
[… ? lines lost …]
[msup]
τοιοῦτο ἔτος Ἀπολλῶς ἀδελφὸς
ἀδελφὸν … πεπομφ…[…]… τὰ αὐτ[…]
Ἀφροδ[…] ἵνα μὴ ἀκούῃ περὶ τῶν …[…]
[…]οκότων …ιρω καὶ τῶι ἀδελφῶι … ἐπιβλημα[…]
ἔρρωσο ἔτους γ Καίσαρος
[v]
[…]τη[…]Translations (1)
[recto]
Tryphaina to Asklepiades her son, greetings and continual good health.
[…] having received the letter from you on the 16th, if the half of the kleros of Agelaos near Ogos is going to be irrigated, until then; but the one near Mouchis has not yet been irrigated, I am distressed, and the money spent on the dykes of all of them (is wasted?). As for what you wrote about, things are more expensive here; the deadly (?) […] and no price has yet been fixed.
[…] for me 2 coverlets (?), scarlet, fine, beaten, and healthy (?) […] of the boy (?)
and do not neglect her […] send […]. I sent the sandal back to you through Apollos. The thirty arouras near Nois have been irrigated. Do not lease the kleros near Tale, but make use of it there for its use […]
[… lines lost …]
[margin]
such a year; Apollos, brother […] brother […] sent […] the same […] Aphrod[…] so that he may not hear about the […] and to the brother […] cover (?) […]
Farewell. Year 3 of Caesar.
[verso]
[…]
Connections
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Busiris (Herakleopolites)
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 23389 primary
- DDbDP-Text bgu;16;2665 tier-1
- HGV-Text 23389 tier-1
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