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o.berenike.3.457 33 - 70 A.D.?Roman dump at Berenike.

Greek Ostracon via APIS-papyrus

Fragment of a letter concerning barley. Fragmentary Greek ostracon from the Roman dump at Berenike on the Red Sea coast, probably part of a letter or order about barley. The writer mentions 5 units of barley, asks the recipient to write back, and notes that they are being pressed for payment. machine translation

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Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 70894. Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[… ? lines lost …] ἕξεις τ[…] οδῳ μα[…] δαν κα[…] ται εἰ κα[…] κριθῆς ε. γράψον μοι […] ἢ ἔνεστι τινὰ εξα[…] ἵνα εἰ μὴ δῶμεν αὐτἐπεί ἀπαιτούμεθα […]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[…] you will have […] […] road (?) […] […] […] if […] 5 (artabas) of barley. Write to me […] or whether there are any […] so that if we do not give […] since we are being asked for payment […]

Connections

Found at Roman dump at Berenike.

Cross-references (3)

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