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o.waqfa.79 2. Hälfte IVAin Waqfa (Oasis Magna)
Letter from the signifer Abram asking for wood to be sent. An ostracon letter from Abram, a standard-bearer (signifer), to his brothers Apollon and Papnouthios, urgently asking them to send him some pieces of wood, because a tribune is arriving at Kysis that day. It comes from Ain Waqfa in the Great Oasis (Kharga), second half of the 4th century AD. machine translation
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TM 34284.
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- (untitled record) HGV-meta Ain Waqfa (Oasis Magna)2. Hälfte IV
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
κυρίοις μου ἀδελφοῖς
Ἀπόλλων καὶ Παπνουθ… Αβραμ σιγνίφερος
χαίρειν.
σπούδασον ἀπόστειλον μοι
τὰ δύσωνα ξύλα
καὶ ταύτῆς τῆς ὑπηρεσίας
δρᾷ ἀλλʼ ὅρα ἀπόστειλον. ὁ τρίβουνος
τῆς …περες…νέρχεται σήμερον εἰς Κύσιν.Translations (1)
To my lords brothers Apollon and Papnouth(ios) (?), Abram, signifer, greetings.
Hurry, send me the two (?) pieces of wood, and of this service […] see to it and send them. The tribune of the […] is coming today to Kysis.
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Ain Waqfa (Oasis Magna)
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 34284 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.waqfa;;79 tier-1
- HGV-Text 34284 tier-1
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