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Letters Sent by Philokles to Various Persons (Other than Kapparis and Sknips) via HGV-meta

Letter from Philokles to Lysimachos about a little girl. A fragmentary private letter from Philokles to Lysimachos, found at the Roman fort of Didymoi in Egypt's Eastern Desert. It mentions a little girl, a message through Diodoros, a debt still owed, three staters, and a request to send what is needed. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

Φιλοκλῆς Λυσιμάχῳ πλεῖστα χαίρειν καὶ διὰ παντὸς ὑγιαίνειν· οι[…] ἀνέβαινες πολλὰ […]…ν περὶ τοῦ κορασίου […]φώνησον συ διὰ Διοδώρου […]ατη μηνὸς ἀνέβη […] λοιπὸν οὖν ὀφείλει πάλι […]…ς πάλι πλήρη τὸν […] οἶδας καὶ σὺ ὅτι ο […]βε ἀνέχειν ἵνα […]ης τρεῖς στατῆρας […]… ἀνθρωπο ὃ ἂν […] κορασίω μὴ συ […]ς χάριτας […] χρῄζῃς πέμψον μοι […] ἐπιστολή […] καὶ Ἀκυλᾶς […] […]…το[…]…[…] [… ? lines lost …]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Philokles to Lysimachos, very many greetings and continual good health. […] you were going up, many […] about the little girl […] speak through Diodoros […] of the month he went up […] So for the rest he still owes […] again full the […] you too know that […] to hold out, so that […] three staters […] man, whatever […] to the little girl not […] thanks […] you need, send me […] letter […] and Akylas […] [… ? lines lost …]

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Found at Didymoi

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