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o.claud.2.245 Mitte IITiberiane
Letter from Petenephotes to Valerius via HGV-meta
Letter from Petenephotes to Valerius asking for bread. A short private letter from Petenephotes to Valerius, whom he calls brother, asking him to send three pairs of loaves when the convoy arrives, promising to repay them. He also asks Valerius to collect some money when the convoy comes and send him the remaining 9 drachmas, settling what Valerius had lent him. Written on an ostracon from the Eastern Desert station of Tiberiane, mid-2nd century AD. machine translation
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TM 29665.
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- Letter from Petenephotes to Valerius HGV-meta TiberianeMitte II
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Πετενεφώτης Οὐαλερίῳ
τῷ ἀδελφῷ πολλὰ χαίρειν. καλῶς
ποιήσεις, ἄδελφε, ἐὰν ἔλθῃ
ἡ πορεία τῇ νυκτὶ ταύτῃ πέμψας μοι
τρία ζεύγη ἄρτων ἐπὶ οὐκ ἔχω ἄρτους καὶ ὅταν ἔλθῃ ἡ πορεία πέμψω σοι αὐτά. ἀσπάζομε
Κολοφονήν. καλῶς ποιήσεις, ἄδελφε, ὅταν ἔλθῃ ἡ πορεία αἴτησον τὸν χαλκὸν τῶν τασκου
καὶ πέμψεις μοι τὰς ἄλλας
δραχμὰς θ ἵνα πληρωθῇς ὧν
μοι ἔδωκας. ἔρρωσο.Translations (1)
Petenephotes to Valerius his brother, many greetings. Please, brother, if the convoy comes tonight, send me three pairs of loaves, since I have no bread, and when the convoy comes I will send them back to you. I greet Kolophon(?). Please, brother, when the convoy comes, ask for the money for the tasks(?) and send me the other 9 drachmas, so that you may be repaid for what you gave me. Farewell.
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Tiberiane
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 29665 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.claud;2;245 tier-1
- HGV-Text 29665 tier-1
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