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o.did.361 Didymoi
Two Letters to Arius (the Same?) via HGV-meta
Letter to Areios asking him to lend a wineskin to a donkey-driver. A private letter on an ostracon from a man whose name ends in -apous to his friend Areios at the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert. He asks Areios to lend a wineskin to the donkey-driver Markos, who carries the letter, until Markos returns from Berenike, and adds a recognition sign to prove the request is genuine. machine translation
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TM 144922.
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- Two Letters to Arius (the Same?) HGV-meta Didymoi77
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[…]αποῦς Ἀρήωι τῶι φιλτάτῳ πλεῖστα χαίρειν· ἐρωτῶ σε χρῆσαι ἀσκὸν καὶ δὸς
Μάρκῳ τῷ ὀνηλάτῃ τῷ κομίζοντί σοι
τοῦτο τὸ ὄστρακον, ἄχρι οὗ ἀνακάμψῃ ἀπὸ Βερενίκης καὶ ἀπολάβῃς αὐτόν. σημεῖον ὅτι ἥκεις καλῶν με καὶ
τὸν γαμβρὸν καὶ λέγω σοι ὅτι ὀφθαλμιᾷ. μὴ οὖν κολάσῃ τοὺς ὄνους
ἡμῶν ἐπεὶ ὑστεροῦσι. ἀσπάζεταί σε Θέρμουθις. ἔρρωσο.
Φαμενωθ
ε.Translations (1)
[…]apous to his dearest Areios, very many greetings. I ask you to lend a wineskin and give it to Markos the donkey-driver, who is bringing you this ostracon, until he returns from Berenike and you get it back. As a sign: you came to call me and my son-in-law, and I told you that he has eye trouble. So do not punish our donkeys, since they are lagging behind. Thermouthis greets you. Farewell.
Phamenoth 5.
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 144922 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.did;;361 tier-1
- HGV-Text 144922 tier-1
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