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o.berenike.2.225 A.D. 50 - 75 A.D.

Letter? via APIS-papyrus

Fragmentary letter mentioning a payment and an empty container. Fragment of a Greek letter on an ostracon found in a Roman rubbish dump at Berenike on the Red Sea coast, dating to about AD 50-75. The writer mentions having given something and ends by asking that his empty container be filled. machine translation

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Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 89251. Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

  • Letter? APIS-papyrus This document was discovered in a A.D. 50 - 75 A.D.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

νιδιν[…] γινώσκειν σε θέλω […] ραστον[…] ἔδωκα […] τοῦ ἱκανοῦ […] χωστωι[…] ικων…[…] [… 1 line lost …] ἵνα κένωμα τὸ ἐμὸν πλῇ.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[…] I want you to know […] […] I gave […] of the sufficient (amount?) […] […] […] [… 1 line lost …] so that my empty (vessel?) may be filled.

Connections

Found at This Document Was Discovered In A Roman Dump At Berenike

Cross-references (3)

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