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o.did.393 Didymoi
Letters Written in Philokles' Hand but without a Prescript via HGV-meta
Letter of Philokles about Claudius, money received and purchases. Ostracon letter written by Philokles at the desert station of Didymoi, without a prescript, apparently to a woman close to him. He vows to avenge an insult done to her by Claudius and his wife, reports receiving money from Teisimachos and a gardener but not yet from the contractor, mentions buying salt and barley, and reproaches her for her conduct. machine translation
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- Letters Written in Philokles' Hand but without a Prescript HGV-meta Didymoi88
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[side convex]
οἶδας ὅτι
Κλαύδις ἂν
δοῖ ἐργασίαν
τῷ ὧδε ἐλθεῖν
οὐ μή με ταράξει.
ἂν δὲ ὧδε ἔλθῃ,
ἂν δὲ ἐκεῖ μένῃ, ἀποδώσω αὐτῷ τὴν ὕβριν ἥν σοι ἐποίησαν τέως ὃν χρόνον ἐποίησεν
ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ ὧδε
καὶ οὐκ ἀφῆκα οὐδένα αὐτὴν ὑβρίσαι.
οἶδας καί, ὧδε ἂν ἔλθῃ,
τῶν θεῶν θελόντων καὶ τοῦ Πανός, οὐ μή με
σαλεύσῃ, ἀλλὰ ἀποδώσω αὐτοῖς τὴν ὕ
[side concave]βριν ἥν σοι ἐπoίησαν. οἶδας ὅτι οὐ μή με νικήσῃ ἂν ᾖ περὶ χαλκοῦ· γινώσκειν σε θέλω ὅτι ἀπέλαβον τὸν χαλκὸν ἀπὸ
Τεισιμάχου καὶ ἀπὸ
τοῦ κηπουροῦ· ἀπὸ τοῦ κονδούκτορος οὔπω ἔλαβον. ἠγόρασα μάτια ἁλὸς δ καὶ κριθῆς ἀρτάβην
ἥμισυ· εἶπόν σοι ὅτι οὐ θέλω ἵνα ἐκτὸς ἐμοῦ
σὺ δὲ πάλι τοῦ τραχήλου σου ἐπέχουσα πάντα ἁλίσπαρτα
ποιεῖς. ἐγὼ ὧδε
σφίγγω ἐμαυτὸν καί σοι προστίθω ἐγὼ
…υτω ἵνα ποιήσω
…εχρι
…ην…Translations (1)
[convex side]
You know that if Claudius gives work to come here, he will certainly not trouble me. But if he comes here, and if he stays there, I will pay him back for the insult which they did to you during the time that his wife did it here, and I did not allow anyone to insult her. You know also that, if he comes here, the gods willing and Pan, he will certainly not shake me, but I will pay them back for the in-
[concave side]
sult which they did to you. You know that he will certainly not defeat me if it is about money. I want you to know that I received the money from Teisimachos and from the gardener; from the contractor I have not yet received it. I bought 4 matia of salt and half an artaba of barley. I told you that I do not want that without me (?) ... But you again, holding back your neck (?), make everything scattered like salt (?). I here squeeze myself and add to you (?) ... in order that I may do ... until (?) ...
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- TM-Text 144954 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.did;;393 tier-1
- HGV-Text 144954 tier-1
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