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o.did.380 Didymoi
Letters Sent by Philokles to Kapparis via HGV-meta
Letter from Philokles to Kapparis about vegetables sent by a cavalryman. Ostracon letter from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert, part of the correspondence of Philokles to Kapparis. The writer sends cabbages and vegetables via a cavalryman, complains that he gets no reply about earlier shipments of a cloak, sandals and vegetables, and explains why he sent a certain Sknips. machine translation
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TM 144941.
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- Letters Sent by Philokles to Kapparis HGV-meta Didymoi110
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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δέξαι οὖν παρὰ τοῦ ἱππέως
δέσμας κράμβης γ καὶ τρωξίμων δέσμην· λοιπὸν οὖν
ἀντιγράψεις μοι περὶ τοῦ σοι
ἔπεμψα, εἰ ἔλαβες ἢ οὐκ ἔλαβες. ἔπεμψά σοι πάλλιον
καὶ σανδάλια καὶ λάχανα πλεῖστα, καὶ οὐ γράφετέ μοι.
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οἶδας ὅτι οὐκ ἔπεμψα Σκνῖπα χάριν ἀπαιδεύτου πράγματος ἀλλὰ χάριν σοῦ· τοῖς θεοῖς γὰρ
χάριν ἔχομεν, οὐδενὸς
χρῄζομεν. ὡς ἄρτι εὐχαριστοῦμενTranslations (1)
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So receive from the cavalryman 3 bundles of cabbage and a bundle of raw vegetables (trōxima). For the rest, then, you will write back to me about what I sent you, whether you received it or did not receive it. I sent you a cloak and sandals and a great many vegetables, and you (plural) do not write to me.
[side concave]
You know that I did not send Sknips on account of a boorish matter but on your account; for we are grateful to the gods, we need nothing. As just now we give thanks […]
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- TM-Text 144941 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.did;;380 tier-1
- HGV-Text 144941 tier-1
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