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o.did.412 Didymoi
Letters to Ammonios via HGV-meta
Letter to Ammonios asking for a visit and Laodicean wine. A private letter on an ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert, written by a man whose name ends in -sos to his 'brother' Ammonios. He asks Ammonios to come down, to bring strained Laodicean wine if he has a donkey, and to ask Oktaios to give Apis two days' leave to come along. machine translation
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TM 144973.
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- Letters to Ammonios HGV-meta Didymoi
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[…]σος Ἀμμωνίῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ πλεῖστα χαίρειν·
καλῶς ποιήσεις ἂν ἀμετεώριστος τε[…]…δων σου εἰς τὸ πραισίδιον ἵνα πρόσοδον ποιησώμεθα τοῦ καταβῆναί σε.
τῶν θεῶν ἐπιτρεπόντων προχωρεῖ τὰ
πλείονα τῶν ὧδε καὶ ἐὰν ἔρχῃ καὶ ὄνον
ἔχῃς καὶ δύνῃ ἡμῖν τῆς τιμῆς ὑλιστὸν ἐνεγκεῖν λαοδικηνοῦ, καλῶς ποιήσεις.
ἄσπασαι Ὀκτάιον καὶ Ἆπιν πολλὰ
καὶ ἐρώτησον Ὀκτάιον τοῖς ἐμοῖς
λόγοις ὅπως Ἄπιδι συνχωρήσῃ δύο ἡμέρας ἐλθεῖν σὺν
σοὶ ὧδε. ἄσπασαι τοὺς παρ' ἡμῶν πάντας κατ' ὄνομα.
ἔρρωσο.Translations (1)
[…]sos to Ammonios his brother, very many greetings.
Please (?), without delay (?), […] your […] to the praesidium, so that we may make provision (?) for your coming down.
The gods permitting, most things here are going well; and if you come and have a donkey and can bring us strained Laodicean (wine) at the price, you will do well.
Greet Oktaios and Apis warmly, and ask Oktaios on my behalf to allow Apis two days to come here with you. Greet all our people by name.
Farewell.
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 144973 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.did;;412 tier-1
- HGV-Text 144973 tier-1
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