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o.berenike.2.198 A.D. 50 - 75
Letter from Capito to Netios via APIS-papyrus
Letter from Kapiton to Netios asking for jars for water. A private letter on an ostracon from Kapiton to Netios, whom he calls brother, asking him to provide a small storage jar and a Laodicean jar for water. Kapiton mentions that he has heard Netios is sailing in and hopes they can lodge together. It was found in a Roman rubbish dump at Berenike on the Red Sea and dates to about AD 50-75. machine translation
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TM 89224.
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- Letter from Capito to Netios APIS-papyrus This document was discovered in a A.D. 50 - 75
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Καπίτων Νετίῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ
χαίρειν·
πρὸ μὲν παντὸς ἀναγκαῖον ἡγησάμην διʼ ἐπιστολῆς ἀσπάσασθαί σε. ἐπειδὴ σὺ οὐκ ἔμελλες ἐν δίκῃ ὑπάγειν,
ἐρωτῶ σε, ἀδελφέ, ἵνα μου προνοήσῃς αν … πιθάριον καὶ λαδικηνὸν εἰς
ὕδωρ καὶ πειεταστει. ἐρεῖς ὅτι
ὁ ἀδελφός σου ἔρχεται καὶ ἅμα σοῦ
κατατι…η…η ἵνα ὁμοῦ καταλύωμεν. ἤκουσα γὰρ ὅτι καὶ
σὺ εἰσπλεῖς. ἐχάρην oὖν ὅτι σὺν
σοὶ ἔρχεται.Translations (1)
Kapiton to Netios his brother, greetings.
Before all else I thought it necessary to greet you by letter. Since you were not going to go up (?) rightly (?), I ask you, brother, to take care of me […] a small jar and a Laodicean (jar) for water and […]. You will say that your brother is coming and together with you […] so that we may lodge together. For I heard that you too are sailing in. So I was glad that he is coming with you.
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- TM-Text 89224 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.berenike;2;198 tier-1
- HGV-Text 89224 tier-1
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