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o.did.401 Didymoi
Nemesous, Theanous and Other Contemporaries of Philokles via HGV-meta
Letter about a missing tunic, a woman and a donkey-driver at the fort. Fragment of an ostracon letter from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert, in which the writer tells of a tunic, going into the fort, and finding a woman called away by the female contractor (probably a brothel-keeper). She denies having the tunic, and a donkey-driver is involved in a false accusation or dispute. machine translation
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TM 144962.
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- Nemesous, Theanous and Other Contemporaries of Philokles HGV-meta Didymoi115
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[…]ηκα αὐτη…[…]
κιθῶνα καὶ […]…να[…]
βαστάζω αὐτὸν μετὰ τοῦ
ὑπαγκωνίου. εἰσπορεύομαι
εἰς τὸ πραισίδιον καὶ εὕρηκα
αὐτὴν φωνουμένην ὑπὸ τῆς
κονδουκτρίας. λέγω αὐτῇ
φέρε τὸν κιθῶνα. καὶ λέγει οὐκ ἔχω αὐτόν. σεσυκοφάντηκε αὐτὴν ὁ ὀνηλάτης. ἐγήγερμαι καὶ περι
τε…[…] τῷ ὀνηλάτῃ
κ…[…]…ινος
[… ? lines lost …]Translations (1)
[…] her […]
a tunic and […]
I carry it with the
underarm-bag (?). I go in
to the praesidium and I found
her being called by the
brothel-keeper (?). I say to her,
'Bring the tunic.' And she says, 'I don't have it.' The donkey-driver has falsely accused (?) her. I got up and […]
[…] to the donkey-driver
[…]
[…]
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Didymoi
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 144962 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.did;;401 tier-1
- HGV-Text 144962 tier-1
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