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Letters from Iulius to Valerius, Antonius, and Dolens. Sertorius via HGV-meta
Letter from Iulius to Valerius about letters sent and a borrowed pen case. A private letter from Iulius to his 'brother' Valerius, written on an ostracon found at the Roman military station of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. Iulius checks how many of the seven letters he sent through army servants arrived, asks for a stater and a borrowed pen case, apologizes for having no frankincense, and sends greetings. machine translation
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- Letters from Iulius to Valerius, Antonius, and Dolens. Sertorius HGV-meta Didymoi77
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Inscription #1
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· Greek
Transcription
Ἰούλις Οὐαλερίῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. ἔπεμψά
σοι ἐπιστολὰς τέσσαρας
διὰ τοῦ γαλεαρίου τοῦ ἐκεῖθεν ἀπὸ Διδύμων καὶ
διὰ Κορνηλίου γαλεαρίου ἄλλας γ ὥστε ζ. εἰ ἔλαβες, ἀντίγραψον πόσας ἔλαβες· καί σοι μίαν ἔπεμψα. στατῆρα
ἀλλάξιμον πέμψον ἵνα ἀποδῶ, καὶ τὸ καλαμάριoν ἐπεὶ ἀλλότριόν
ἐστιν. συγγνώσει, οὐκ ἔχω λίβανον, Σερτορίου
ἐστίν. ἄσπασαι Ἀντώνιν καὶ Κλήμην.
ἂν ὑπάγῃς γράψον μοι.
Τυβι κθ.Translations (1)
Iulius to Valerius his brother, greetings. I sent you four letters through the galearius from there, from Didymoi, and through Cornelius the galearius another 3, making 7. If you received them, write back how many you received; and I sent you one. Send a stater for exchange so that I may pay it back, and the pen case, since it belongs to someone else. Forgive me, I have no frankincense; it is Sertorius's. Greet Antonius and Clemens. If you go away, write to me.
Tybi 29.
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Didymoi
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- TM-Text 144882 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.did;;319 tier-1
- HGV-Text 144882 tier-1
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