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o.claud.2.290 ca. 140Mons Claudianus
Lettre d’Hèrôn via HGV-meta
Letter from Heron to Hareotes about a courier, a stater and oil. A private letter on an ostracon from Heron to his 'brother' Hareotes at the Roman quarry site of Mons Claudianus, around AD 140. Heron disputes a transaction with a courier over a stater and a purchase of oil, complaining that Hareotes did not write promptly and that he received only half a kotyle though he paid in full. machine translation
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- Lettre d’Hèrôn HGV-meta Mons Claudianusca. 140
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
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· Greek
Transcription
Ἥρων Ἁρεώτῃ τῷ ἀδελφῷ
χαίρειν.
ἐγὼ τῷ ταβελλαρίῳ στατῆρα
οὐκ ἔδωκα, ἀλλʼ ἔγραψά σοι διʼ αὐτοῦ
λαβόντι παρʼ αὐτοῦ κέρμα ἀγοράσαι κοτύλην ἐλαίου καὶ ἔδει σέ μοι εὐθέως
γράψαι διʼ αὐτοῦ ἵνʼ αὐτὸν ἀπαιτήσω,
καὶ οὐχ ὅτε ἀπῆλθε. ἐγὼ γὰρ οὐδὲ
κοτύλην ἔλαβον ἀλλὰ ἡμικοτύλιν καὶ τὴν τιμὴν διὰ πάντων
ἀπέδωκα. ἀσπάζου τοὺς συστρατιώτας.
ἔρρωσο.Translations (1)
Heron to Hareotes his brother, greetings.
I did not give the tabellarius a stater, but I wrote to you through him, (asking you,) having received small change from him, to buy a kotyle of oil; and you ought to have written to me immediately through him so that I could demand it back from him, and not when he had already gone away. For I did not even receive a kotyle but a half-kotyle, and I paid the price in full.
Greet the fellow soldiers.
Farewell.
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Mons Claudianus
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- TM-Text 23999 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.claud;2;290 tier-1
- HGV-Text 23999 tier-1
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