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o.did.459 1. Hälfte IIIDidymoi
Fort: North-West Corner via HGV-meta
Letter to a brother asking for food to be sent. Fragmentary private letter on an ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert, addressed to a 'brother'. The writer reports making obeisance on his behalf before the goddess Aphrodite and asks him to send something to eat, charging the cost to the writer's account. It dates to the first half of the 3rd century AD. machine translation
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TM 145020.
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- Fort: North-West Corner HGV-meta Didymoi1. Hälfte III
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[…]…
[…] τῷ ἀδελφῷ
χαίρειν· τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιοῦμεν παρὰ τῇ κυρίᾳ Ἀφροδίτῃ.
καλῶς ποιήσεις, ἄδελφε, ἐὰν
[…]…[…]ει σοί τι φαγεῖν
πέμψον ἡμῖν καὶ ἐλλόγησον τὴν τιμήν.
ἀσπάζομαι τοὺς φίλους πάντας .Translations (1)
[…]
[…] to his brother, greetings. We make your obeisance before the lady Aphrodite.
Please, brother, if […] for you something to eat, send (it) to us and charge the price to our account.
I greet all the friends.
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 145020 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.did;;459 tier-1
- HGV-Text 145020 tier-1
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