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bgu.2.597 5. Dez. 75Arsinoites

Letter from Chairemon to his brother Apollonios about a calf, seed wheat and oxen. A private letter from Chairemon to his brother Apollonios with farm instructions: arranging about a calf, taking a sack of wheat to Hephaistias to exchange for good seed, dealing with a hired man about oxen, and telling the household to keep the door secured. It was written in the Arsinoite nome on 5 December AD 75. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Χαιρήμων Ἀπολλωνίωι τῶι ἀδελφῶι πλεῖστα χαίρειν καὶ ὑγιαίνειν. εὖ ποιήσεις συντυχὼν Πεταῦτι τῶι διάκωνι, ἵνα βάληι τὸν μόσχον πρὸ τῶν προβάτων ἢ Σάσειτι υἱῶι Πετεσούχου Πασεῖτος καὶ ἐὰν εἴπωσι ὅτι ἔνεγκε αὐτὸν, πέμψον Ἁτρῆν ἔχοντα αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν ἀγρὸν καὶ μετρησάτω Ἁτρῆς τὸν σάκκον τοῦ πυροῦ καὶ ἐπένεγκε αὐτὸν εἰς Ἡφαιστιάδα καὶ ἀλλαξάτω σε αὐτὸν Πασίων καλοῖς σπέρμασι. μὴ οὖν ἄλλως ποιήσεις σύντυχε δὲ Πανεσνε τῶι μισθωτῆι χάριν βοϊκῶν τοῖς ἐμοῖς λόγοις, ἕως καταβῶι καὶ δῶι αὐτῶι τὸν χαλκὸν καὶ φύλαξαι σεαυτόν, ἐπεὶ στρατιώτης ἔτι εἶ μετὰ τοῦ σιτολόγου τῆς ο[…]ς χάριν τῶν φορέτρων. ἐὰν[…]ησους γέγονασι εἰς ἱερὰν […]σηι πρὸς Χαιρήμονα διὰ νυκτὸς. μὴ οὖν ἄλλως ποιήσεις. ἐὰν δὲ θέλῃς, σύντυχε καὶ Σαρᾶτι υἱῶι … Παποντῶτος χάριν τοῦ μόσχου, ἐπεὶ καὶ αὐτὸς εἴρηκέ με ἐνέγκαι αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν ἀγρόν. ἐρεῖς δὲ εἰς οἶκον φυλάξεσθαι αὐτοὺς, μὴ ἀφέτωσαν τὴν θύραν, ἡνίκʼ ἀκλείστη ἦν, ἐρεῖς Ἱερανούφι Καλασαστι καὶ Ὀρσενούφι Πιθέως ἀναβῆναι ταχύ ἔρρωσο ἔτους η Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Οὐεσπασιανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ Χοιὰκ η. [v] ἀπόδος Ἀπολλωνίωι ἀδελφῶι. Πτολλᾶς Χαιρήμωνι […] Φωσφόρε φωσφορέουσα φίλων φῶς φῶς φέρε λαμπάς παρὰ ωουυλ…

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EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Chairemon to Apollonios his brother, very many greetings and good health. Please meet Petausis the deacon (?), so that he may put the calf before the sheep, or Sasis son of Petesouchos son of Pasis; and if they say "bring it", send Hatres with it to the field, and let Hatres measure out the sack of wheat, and bring it to Hephaistias, and let Pasion exchange it for you for good seed. Do not do otherwise. Meet also Panesneus the hired man about the oxen on my account, until he comes down and gives him the money; and be on your guard, since you are still a soldier, with the sitologos of the […] about the transport charges. If […] have come to the sacred […] to Chairemon by night. So do not do otherwise. And if you wish, meet also Saras son of … Papontos about the calf, since he too told me to bring it to the field. And you will tell them at home to keep watch, and not to leave the door as it was when it was unlocked; you will tell Hieranouphis son of Kalasasis and Orsenouphis son of Pitheus to come up quickly. Farewell. Year 8 of Imperator Caesar Vespasian Augustus, Choiak 8. [verso] Deliver to Apollonios, brother. Ptollas to Chairemon […] Light-bearer, light-bearing, light of friends, light, bring light, torch from … (?)

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