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bgu.3.830 IArsinoites
Letter from Zosimos to Sarapion about the sale of a neighbour's olive grove. A private letter from Zosimos to Sarapion, sending his man about an olive grove whose fruit-buyer was being pressed by tax collectors and which is now to be sold to the head of a royal office. Zosimos claims a neighbour's right of first purchase and asks Sarapion to report on the situation. It dates to the 1st century AD, from the Arsinoite nome. machine translation
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Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
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Transcription
Ζώσιμος Σαραπίωνι τῶι
φιλτάτωι χαίρειν.
διεπεμψάμην σοι τὸν ἐμὸν
ἄνθρωπον, ὅπως καλῶς
ποιήσεις, συμβαλὼν χάρακα
περὶ τοῦ ἐλαιῶνος ἰδίου
αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἐνθάδε· ἐπεὶ γὰρ
πρώην διενοχλούμενος
ὁ αὐτοῦ καρπώνης ὑπὸ τῶν
πρακτόρων ἕνεκα ἐπιβολῆς
ἔπεμψέ μοι διὰ Σωτηρίχου
τοῦ καμηλίτου φάσιν, ὅτι πρόσσχες αὐτῷ, ἄχρις ἄν σοι ἔλθω, καὶ
ἐγὼ ὑπεσχόμην αὐτοῖς τὸ
πρᾶγμα ὡς αὐτοῦ ἐρχομένου,
ἄρτι δὲ ἤκουσα παρὰ τοῦ καρπώνου, ὅτι πωλεῖται τῷ ἡγουμένῳ τοῦ βασιλικοῦ. χρὴ οὖν ἑτοιμάσειν καὶ προαιρεῖν, ἵνʼ ἔχῃ τοῦ
πωλεῖν· ἐγὼ γὰρ ἔχω τὸ προτεραῖν· ἐπεὶ γὰρ γείτων αὐτοῦ
εἰμι· σὺ οὖν καλῶς ποιήσεις δηλώσας
μοι τὰ ὄντα· εἰδὼς γὰρ ἐμαυτῷ τίνι γράφω καὶ τοὺς φύλακες ἡμῶν σκῦλον πρὸς
αὐ[…]ήν. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι.Translations (1)
Zosimos to his dearest Sarapion, greetings.
I have sent you my man, so that you will kindly, after settling (?) the matter of the boundary, concerning his own olive grove here; for since recently his fruit-buyer, being harassed by the collectors on account of an assessment (?), sent me word through Soterichos the camel-driver: "Look after him until I come to you," and I promised them the matter as though he were coming; but just now I heard from the fruit-buyer that it is being sold to the head of the royal […]. So it is necessary to prepare and to choose in advance, so that he may be able to sell; for I have the prior claim, since I am his neighbour. So please let me know how things stand; for I know to whom I am writing, and our guards [are] a trouble to […].
I pray for your health.
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Arsinoite nome
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