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cpr.8.31 IVHermopolites
Brief von N.N. und Olympios an Nearchides via HGV-meta
Letter from Olympios and a colleague to Nearchides about sailors and guards. A fragmentary private or business letter from Ph[…] and Olympios to their 'brother' Nearchides, reporting that sailors had met them with guards and mentioning a canal and boats. They ask him to write back. It comes from the Hermopolite nome in the 4th century AD. machine translation
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TM 32355.
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- Brief von N.N. und Olympios an Nearchides HGV-meta HermopolitesIV
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ
Νεαρχίδῃ Φ[…]…[…]
καὶ Ὀλύμπιος χαίρειν.
γίνωσκε, κύριε ἀδελφέ,
ὅτι ἀπήντησαν πρὸς
ἡμᾶς οἱ ναύται μετὰ τῶν
φρουρῶν. φασὶ […]
ὅτι ἀπελθόντων
εἰς τὴν διώρυγα […]
εἰρήκαμεν τὸ αὐτὸ […]
… τῶν πλοίων ι[…]
γο…δη σοι σπούδασον ὅπως
καὶ ἀντιγράψῃς πρὸς ἡμᾶς
[… 4 lines lost …]
ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοις
κύριέ μου ἀδελφέ.Translations (1)
To my lord brother Nearchides, Ph[…] and Olympios, [greetings.]
Know, lord [brother,] that the sailors met [with] us t[ogether with the] guards. They say […] that when [they] had gone off to the canal […] we have said the same thing […] … of the boats […] … to you. Make [sure that] you also write back to us.
[… 4 lines lost …]
I pray for your health for many years, my lord brother.
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