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o.did.415 Didymoi

Letters to Epaphroditos 2 via HGV-meta

Letter of complaint to Epaphroditos about payment for piglets. An ostracon letter from the Roman fort of Didymoi on the Eastern Desert road, addressed sarcastically to Epaphroditos "the unworthy". The writer complains that Epaphroditos broke their agreement over payment for piglets, for which 48 drachmas had been handed over, and asks him to pay the money owed. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

…[…] Ἐπαφροδίτῳ τῷ μὴ ἀξίῳ χαίρειν· […] αυτη…[…]μων ἡ πίστις. συνεφώνησας μετ’ ἐμοῦ. ἔλαβες τὴν τιμὴν διὰ Σκηνου ἀδελφοῦ ἡμῶν ὄντος. χάριν δὲ ἔχω τοῖς θεοῖς ὅτι … ἡμῶν ἐγένετο Σκαινος· εἰ δὲ μή, ἤρνου καὶ τὸν χαλκὸν διά τινος τὴν γνώμην μου οὐκ ἔλαβα. περὶ τῶν δελφακίων ἄλλα ἐπιτέθηκάς. παρέδωκά σοι περὶ αὐτῶν δραχμὰς μη καὶ οὐκ ισι […]… Πρόκλου. ἀλλὰ οἶδα τὴν τύχην μου· ἀλλὰ νομίζεις με ἔτι ἐν τῇ ἀντλίᾳ εἶναι, καὶ οὕτως στρηνιᾶν εἰς τὴν ἀντλίαν εἶχον · ὧδε οὐκ ἔχω. ἦ οὐκ ἀρέσκει σοι ἡ συμφωνία ἣν ἔχεις μετ’ ἐμοῦ ; καλῶς ποιήσεις δοὺς […]… τὸν χαλκόν. […]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[…] to Epaphroditos the unworthy, greeting. […] […] the trust. You made an agreement with me. You received the price through Skenos, who is our brother. I am grateful to the gods that […] Skainos became ours (?); otherwise you would have denied it, and through someone (?) I did not receive the bronze money according to my intention (?). About the piglets, you have imposed other things. I handed over to you for them 48 drachmas and […] not […] of Proklos. But I know my fortune; but you think that I am still in the bilge (?), and so I used to live lavishly in the bilge (?); here I do not. Or does the agreement you have with me not please you? Please give […] the bronze money. […]

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