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o.claud.1.143 Mons Claudianus
Two Letters from Firmus to Exochus via HGV-meta
Letter from Firmus to Exochus about grain and money for Meskenios. A private letter on an ostracon from Firmus to Exochus, who is about to travel to the quarry of Mons Porphyrites, asking him to hand over grain and money to a certain Meskenios. It closes with greetings to several people, including Meskenios' fellow cellarers. Found at the Roman quarry site of Mons Claudianus in Egypt's Eastern Desert. machine translation
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TM 24155.
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- Two Letters from Firmus to Exochus HGV-meta Mons Claudianus100
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Φίρμος Ἐξόχῳ τῶι ἀδελφῷ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. ἤκουσα
ὅτι εἰς Πορφυρίτην ὑπάγεις. δὸς τὸν σῖτον μου Μεσκηνίῳ
καὶ τὸν χαλκὸν παρὰ τῆς γυναικὸς Τασαλεος δὸς αὐτῷ πάλι.
ἰδοὺ παράστησον αὐτῷ …ιν………κα
σι μου δὸς αὐτῷ ὡς ἔστι. ἀσπάζου μοι Ἀμαρανθὸν πολλὰ καὶ Μεσκήνιον καὶ Βαραθον καὶ τοὺς
συγκελλαρίους αὐτοῦ κατʼ ὄνομα καὶ Ἀμαρουραν καὶ Λοῦππον καὶ τὸν συμπολίτην ἡμῶν
καὶ πάντας τοὺς φιλοῦντας ἡμᾶς.
ἀσπάζεταί σοι Ἀλέξανδρος καὶ Μεσκηνίῳ.Translations (1)
Firmus to Exochus his brother, very many greetings. I heard that you are going to Porphyrites. Give my grain to Meskenios, and give him back also the money from the wife of Tasales.
Look, hand over to him […]
[…] of mine, give it to him as it is. Greet Amarantos warmly for me, and Meskenios and Barathos and his fellow cellarers by name, and Amaroura and Luppus and our fellow citizen, and all who love us.
Alexander greets you, and Meskenios.
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Mons Claudianus
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 24155 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.claud;1;143 tier-1
- HGV-Text 24155 tier-1
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