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bgu.3.844 20. Sept. 83Arsinoites

Letter from Heroides to Apollonios about trouble with a priest. A private letter from Heroides (Herodes) to Apollonios, complaining of trouble caused by a priest while he was ill at Arsinoe, and asking Apollonios to send whatever he has on hand, a small piece of heather-wood, and to give Dioskoros 10 chanai fish on his account. It was written on 20 September AD 83 in the Arsinoite nome. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Ἡρώιδης Ἀπολλωνίωι τῶι φιλτάτωι χαίρειν. γιγνώσκειν σε θέλω, ὅτι εὐθέως ἀναβὰς ἐχειμάσθην πολλὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἱερέως […]ν…[…]Ἀρσινόηι ἀσθενείᾳ ἀφʼ ὧν μοι παρέχει καλῶς οὖν ποιήσεις πέμψας μοι ἐὰν ὃ ἔχηις ἐν χερσὶν ἵνα αὐτ[…] δῶ κόπους γάρ μοι παρέχει ἀσθενοῦντι μὴ οὖν ἄλλως ποιήσῃς, πέμψεις δέ μοι τὸ ἐρείκινον ξυλάριον, ἐπειδὴ χρείαν αὐτοῦ ἔχω. καλῶς δὲ ποιήσεις παρασχὼν Διοσκόρῳ χάνας ι εἰς ἐμὴν τιμήν. μὴ οὖν ἄλλως ποιήσῃς ὑπὲρ ὧν σοι γράφω ἔρρωσο. ἔτους γ Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Δομιττιανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ Θὼθ κβ [v] Ἀπολλωνίωι παρὰ Ἡρώδου

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Heroides to Apollonios, his dearest, greetings. I want you to know that as soon as I went up I was greatly harassed (?) by the priest […] in Arsinoe, with illness, from the troubles he causes me. Please therefore send me whatever you have in hand so that I may give […] to him (?), for he is causing me trouble while I am ill. So do not do otherwise. And send me the little piece of heather-wood, since I need it. And please provide Dioskoros with 10 chanai (fish) on my account. So do not do otherwise regarding what I write to you. Farewell. Year 3 of Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus, Thoth 22. [verso] To Apollonios from Herodes.

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Found at Arsinoite nome

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