o.claud.2.289
Ὧρος Πανινοῦτι χαίρειν. ἐὰν περισσεύσῃ σοι χαλκός, πέμψον μοι στατῆρα ἢ δίδραχμον ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἔχω ἔλαιον ἵνα ἀγοράσω. ἀσπάζου Ἀπολλῶτα καὶ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ. μὴ μέμφῃ περὶ [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 29705
Letter from Horos to Paninoutis asking for money to buy oil TM 29705Mons ClaudianusMitte II
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A private letter on an ostracon from Horos to Paninoutis, asking him to send a stater or a didrachm if he has spare money, because Horos has none to buy oil. It also sends greetings to Apollos and his son and breaks off at the bottom. It was found at the quarry settlement of Mons Claudianus and dates to the mid-2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
Horos to Paninoutis, greetings.
If you have any copper money to spare, send me a stater or a didrachm, since I have no oil (?) to buy... so that I may buy oil. Greet Apollos and his son. Do not blame (me?) about
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The Greek order is loose: literally "since I do not have, so that I may buy oil", meaning he lacks the money to buy oil. A stater was a coin worth 4 drachmas and a didrachm 2 drachmas.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre d’Hôros). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.