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bgu.4.1041 IIArsinoites

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Letter reporting collection of dues and harvest of barley. A private letter from the Arsinoite nome in the 2nd century AD. The writer reports visiting with the chief of police and a village elder to check items due for delivery, notes that 15 artabas of the recipient's barley have been harvested and the rest of the crop from 7 arouras is being reaped, and gently reproaches the recipient for not writing. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[… 2 lines lost …] εμ[…] γματα λη καὶ παραγενάμενος μετὰ τοῦ ἀρχεφόδου καὶ πρεσβυτέρου κατέμαθον αὐτὰ εἰς ἀπόδοσιν. ὅσον οὖν ἐφʼ ἡμῖν ἐστιν εἰσπραχθήσεται, ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἀνεσπάσθη σου ἡ κριθὴ ἀρτάβαι ιε, νυνὶ δὲ θερίζεται τὰ ἄλλα τὰ περιγενόμεναἐξ ἑπτα ἀρουρῶν. θαυμάζω οὖν πῶς οὐκ ἔγραψάς μοι ἐπιστολὴν τοῦ ἐμαυ…[…] γράψαι εἶ διὰ τὸ δοκεῖν, ὅτι ἔρχομαί σοι. μὴ μέμφου με ἐν τούτῳ. μεθʼ ὑγίας, ἐὰν παραγένῃ πάντα σοι ὑφηγήσομαι τὰ γενάμενά μοι. ἄσπασαι τοὺς ἡμετέρους πάντας. ἔρρωσο

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[… 2 lines lost …] […] […] 38 […] and having come with the chief of police and the elder, I found them (ready) for delivery. So, as far as it is up to us, it will be collected. Moreover your barley has also been pulled up, 15 artabas, and now the rest of what comes from the 7 arouras is being harvested. I am surprised, then, that you did not write me a letter about my own […] to write, because of thinking that I am coming to you. Do not blame me in this. In good health, if you come, I will relate to you everything that has happened to me. Greet all our people. Farewell.

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Found at Arsinoite nome

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