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o.claud.2.278 Mitte IIRaima
Lettre d’Apollôs via HGV-meta
Letter from Apollos to Ammonios about fish, sponges and vegetables. A short private letter on an ostracon from Apollos to Ammonios, sent from the station of Raima in the Eastern Desert in the mid-2nd century AD. Apollos arranges for 4 obols to be passed on so Ammonios can send him salted fish, asks him to buy two sponges, mentions cheese that could not be found, and says he has sent vegetables with the convoy. machine translation
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TM 29695.
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- Lettre d’Apollôs HGV-meta RaimaMitte II
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Ἀπολλῶς Ἀμμωνίῳ
τῷ φιλτάτῳ χαίρειν.
τὸ δὲ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ
παρὰ τῆς Τύχης Ῥαειμα.
κόμισον παρὰ …[…]
τετρώβολον εἵνα πέμπῃς μοι τεμάχια.
γράψω αὐτῷ οὐχ εὕρηκατυρείν, ἀλλὰ
μὴ μέμφησθε ἡμᾶς. ἀγόρασόν μοι
σπόγγους β.
ἀσπάζομαι
Ἁρβέκιν.
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ἔπεμψά σοι μετὰ τῆς πορίας λάχανα.Translations (1)
Apollos to his dearest Ammonios, greetings.
I make obeisance for you before the Fortune of Raima.
Receive from […] 4 obols so that you may send me pieces of salted fish.
I will write to him: he has not found cheese, but do not blame us. Buy me 2 sponges.
I greet Harbekis.
[…]
I sent you vegetables with the convoy.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 29695 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.claud;2;278 tier-1
- HGV-Text 29695 tier-1
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