Private Letter
Letter sent to Harbekis by Ptolemaios, who gives him some personal information
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 30839
Letter from Ptolemaios to Harbekis about a boat and grain TM 30839probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptIIIrd century A.D.
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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.
In English machine translation
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) (?) […]
The latter part of the text is heavily restored, so the sentence about the hope of grain is uncertain. Whether Typhis is the object of waiting or a place name is not certain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Privatbrief). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Private Letter
Letter sent to Harbekis by Ptolemaios, who gives him some personal information
o.mich.4.1139
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·