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o.claud.1.171 Mons Claudianus
Letter from Menelaus to Menelaus via HGV-meta
Letter from Menelaos to Menelaos asking for a flask of rose oil. A short private letter on an ostracon from the quarry settlement of Mons Claudianus, in which Menelaos asks another Menelaos to send him a small flask of rose oil because his own was taken and none could be bought locally. The flask is to be given to the bearer of the letter. machine translation
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 24179.
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- Letter from Menelaus to Menelaus HGV-meta Mons Claudianus100
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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Μενέλαος Μενελάῳ
χαίρειν.
καλῶς ποιήσεις, ἐρωτῶ
σε, ἐπεὶ διερπάγη μοι ῥόδινον, καλῶς ποιήσεις πέμψας
μοι τὸ ληκύθιον, ἐπεὶ οὐχ ηὗρον
ἐνθάδε ἀγοράσαι.
δώσεις δὲ τῷ κομίζοντί σοι τὴν
ἐπιστολήν.
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ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαιTranslations (1)
Menelaos to Menelaos, greetings.
Please, I ask you, since my rose oil has been seized (?) from me, please send me the little flask, since I did not find any to buy here. Give it to the man bringing you the letter.
I pray for your health.
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Mons Claudianus
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 24179 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.claud;1;171 tier-1
- HGV-Text 24179 tier-1
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