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o.krok.2.307 98 - 117Krokodilo
Ischyras, chef de chantier via HGV-meta
Letter from Ischyras to Bellicus about whetstones and Zosime. A short letter on an ostracon from Ischyras, apparently a work-site foreman, to his superior Bellicus, asking him to look after his foster-daughter Zosime and explaining that the whetstones he promised have not yet been made by the stoneworkers. It comes from the Roman road station of Krokodilo in the Eastern Desert, in the reign of Trajan. machine translation
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TM 383677.
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- Ischyras, chef de chantier HGV-meta textKrokodilo98 - 117
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Ἰσχυρᾶς Βελλικῷ
τῷ κυρίῳ πλεῖστα χαίρειν·
πρὸ πάντων εὔχομαί
σε ὑγιαίνειν· παρακαλῶ
σε, κύριε, ἐπέχειν τῇ
θρεπτῇ σου Ζωσίμῃ,
ἐμῇ δὲ κυρίᾳ· οἶδας ὅτι
ἐπετειλάμην σοι ἀκόνας πέμψαι· οὔπω
ἐργασμένοι εἰσὶν
οἱ σκληρουργοί·
ἂν ἐργάσωνται
εὐθύς σοι
πέμψω.
ἔρρωσο.Translations (1)
Ischyras to Bellicus, his lord, very many greetings.
Before all else I pray that you are in good health. I urge you, lord, to look after your foster-daughter Zosime, who is also my lady. You know that I instructed (?) you that I would send whetstones; the stoneworkers have not yet worked them. If they work them, I will send them to you at once.
Farewell.
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 383677 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.krok;2;307 tier-1
- HGV-Text 383677 tier-1
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