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o.claud.2.243 Mitte IITiberiane
Letter from Petenophotes to Valerius via HGV-meta
Letter from Petenephotes to Valerius about money and goods sent by camel. A private letter on an ostracon from Petenephotes to his 'brother' Valerius, asking him to send 4 drachmas 5 obols from goods he had sold and, when camels next leave, four items (tasku) for which Petenephotes had paid an advance of about 10 drachmas for the month of Hathyr. It comes from the Roman military station of Tiberiane in the Eastern Desert, mid-2nd century AD. machine translation
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TM 29663.
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- Letter from Petenophotes to Valerius HGV-meta TiberianeMitte II
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Πετενεφώτης Οὐαληρίῳ
τῶι ἀδελφῷ πολλὰ χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσεις,
ἄδελφε, πέμψαι μοι τὸ τοῦτο ὧν πέπρακας δραχμὰς δ πεντώβολον. καλῶς πεποίηκας
ἄδελφε, ἐγώ σε αὐτὸ ἐρωτῶ
καὶ τὸν χαλκὸν ἐπὶ χρίαν αὐτῶν ἔχω.
γίνοσκε, ἄδελφε, ὅτι ἔδωκα […]
[…]ητι προχρίαν τασκου δ εἰς
τὸν Ἁθὺρ ὡς δραχμὰς ι. καλο͂ς οὖν
ποιήσις, ἐὰν ἐξέλθῃ καμήλια, πέμψον μοι
τὰ τέσσαρα τασκου.
ἔρρωσο.
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επρακε
αυτα οTranslations (1)
Petenephotes to Valerius his brother, many greetings. Please, brother, send me this, the 4 drachmas 5 obols from what you have sold. You did well, brother; I ask you for it, and I need the money for them.
Know, brother, that I gave […] an advance (?) for 4 ... (?) for Hathyr, about 10 drachmas. So please, if camels go out, send me the four ... (?).
Farewell.
[second hand?]
he sold
them ...
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Tiberiane
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 29663 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.claud;2;243 tier-1
- HGV-Text 29663 tier-1
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