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o.did.397 Didymoi
Letters Written in Philokles' Hand but without a Prescript via HGV-meta
Letter in Philokles' hand promising bitter vetch and returning jars. Fragmentary private letter on an ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert, written in the hand of the soldier Philokles. The writer invites the recipient to write if he needs anything, promises to send some bitter vetch, sends greetings to Palatinus, Anthestius and Apollonius, and mentions jars to be returned, including the one in which he had sent grapes. machine translation
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TM 144958.
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- Letters Written in Philokles' Hand but without a Prescript HGV-meta Didymoi110
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[side convex]
[… ? lines lost …]
[…]…
[…]…αδυ
[…] γράφεις μοι
[…]…ω εἰ λαμ[…] λαμβάνεις
[…]… μοι γράφειν ἄν
τινος σὺ χρίαν ἔχῃς.
ἂν ποιήσω τὸ ὀρόβιον
πέμψω σοι ἐξ αὐτοῦ.
ἀσπάζου Παλατῖνον
καὶ Ἀνθέστιον καὶ Ἀπολλώνιον καὶ λήμψει
ἀπὸ Παλατίνου ἀγγεῖον καὶ ἀπὸ Ἀπολλωνίου καὶ τὸ σόν,
ὅπου σοι ἔπεμψα
σταφύλια.
[side concave]
[… ? lines lost …]
χ…[…]
ερ […]Translations (1)
[side convex]
[… lines lost …]
[…]
[…]
[…] you write to me
[…] if you receive […] you receive
[…] to write to me if
you have need of anything.
If I make the bitter vetch,
I will send you some of it.
Greet Palatinus
and Anthestius and Apollonius, and you will receive
from Palatinus a jar, and from Apollonius, and your own,
in which I sent you
grapes.
[side concave]
[… lines lost …]
[…]
[…]
Connections
Found at
Didymoi
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 144958 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.did;;397 tier-1
- HGV-Text 144958 tier-1
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