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o.mich.4.1139 IIIKaranis (Arsinoites)
Private Letter via APIS-papyrus
Letter from Ptolemaios to Harbekis about a boat and grain. A private letter on an ostracon from Ptolemaios to his friend Harbekis, reporting that a man also called Belles will wait for Typhis on the boat of Ptolemaios' brother, and mentioning letters sent to others about grain. It dates to the 3rd century AD and probably comes from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome. machine translation
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TM 30839.
Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.
- Private Letter APIS-papyrus probably Karanis, Herakleidou meriIIIrd century A.D.
- Private Letter APIS-papyrus probably Karanis, Herakleidou meriIIIrd century A.D.
- Privatbrief HGV-meta Karanis (Arsinoites)III
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Πτολεμαῖος Ἁρβήκι
τῷ φιλτάτῳ χαίρειν.
γιγνώσκειν σε θέλω
ὅτι λέγει ὅτι Δε[…]βε…[…] ὁ καὶ Βελλῆς εἰς
τὸ πλοῖον τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ μου
μενεῖ Τῦφιν αὔριον. ἐπεὶ ἐγβὰς
ἔσχεν μείζω σίτου ἐλπίδα
γέγραφα Ἄγκει καὶ ε[…]
[…] Μάγναν·Translations (1)
Ptolemaios to his dearest Harbekis, greetings.
I want you to know that he says that De[…]be[…] also called Belles will wait for Typhis tomorrow on the boat of my brother. Since, having disembarked (?), he had greater hope (?) of grain, I have written to Ankis and […] Magna(s) (?) […]
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Karanis
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 30839 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.mich;4;1139 tier-1
- HGV-Text 30839 tier-1
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