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o.did.382 Didymoi
Letters Sent by Philokles to Kapparis via HGV-meta
Letter from Philokles to Kapparis about the sale of a girl. An ostracon letter from Philokles to Kapparis about a young girl (probably a slave woman) whom a third man wishes to acquire. Philokles says he is in no hurry and will accept payment in full, in part, or in monthly instalments, praising the girl as unmatched. It was found at the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert. machine translation
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TM 144943.
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- Letters Sent by Philokles to Kapparis HGV-meta Didymoi110
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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Φιλοκλῆς Καππαρίῳ τῷ
ἀδελφῷ πλεῖστα χαίρειν·
καθώς μοι ἐνετείλασθε γράψαι ἐπὶ τὴν μικκάν, ἰδοὺ
ἔγραψα αὐτῇ. ἐὰν οὖν σὺ οἶδας
ὃ θελήσει σ…ντομ… ποίησον. εἰ δὲ
οἶδας ὅτι ου…ε…ι οὐδὲν πρασσω ιν μὴ αὐτ… …ργηση. ὅτε
ἂν θέλῃ οὖν …την λαβεῖν
λαβέτω ὡς ἂν θέλῃ· ἂν δὲ θέλῃ χορηγεῖν μοι κατὰ μῆνά
τι περὶ αὐτη …ρρωση
τι ἄν με πείσῃ δοῦναι ·
ἂν δὲ ἔχῃ τὸ ὅλον
δοῦναι, δότω
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ὃ ἂν θέλῃ δοῦναι περὶ αὐτῆς. οἶδας ὅτι οὐ κατεπείγομαι
· ἂν ἔχῃ ἀποδοῦναι, ἀποδότω· ἂν δὲ θέλῃ ἐκ μέρους, δότω·
ἂν δὲ θέλῃ στῆσαι μοι κατὰ μέρος ὡς με πληρώσῃ· ὃ θέλει,
καὶ ἐγὼ τοῦτο θέλω. οἶδας ὅτι καὶ ἐγὼ θέλω αὐτῷ παρασχεῖν, ὅτι
πολλάκι αὐτῷ ἤθελον γυναῖκα ἐνεγκεῖν. οἶδας δ’ ὅτι οὐ μὴ εὕρῃ
ταύτῃ ὁμοίαν. καὶ γράφει μοι τρία ἔτη. μελήσει σοι ἂν θέλῃς αὐτὴν
πῶς ἐπιστολὴ ἀπενη[…]Translations (1)
[convex side]
Philokles to Kapparis his brother, very many greetings.
As you instructed me to write about the little girl, see, I have written to her. So if you know what he will want [...], do it. But if you know that [...] I do nothing [...] lest he [...] be angry (?). So whenever he wants to take her [...], let him take her as he wishes; and if he wants to supply me monthly with something for her [...], whatever he may persuade me to give; and if he has the whole to give, let him give
[concave side]
whatever he wants to give for her. You know that I am not pressed. If he has the means to pay, let him pay; if he wants to pay in part, let him give; and if he wants to set up payments to me in instalments so as to pay me in full, what he wants, I want too. You know that I also want to provide for him, because I often wanted to bring him a woman. And you know that he will not find one like her. And he writes to me for three years. It will be your concern, if you want her, how the letter [...]
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Didymoi
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 144943 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.did;;382 tier-1
- HGV-Text 144943 tier-1
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