Private letter
The recipient has neglected sending the writer of the letter some olive-oil that the latter had asked for, and now he is writing demanding for his oil to be dispatched to him immediately or else.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 31416
Private Letter TM 31416Oxyrhynchus3rd or 4th century A.D.
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p.fouad.1.79
κακὸν πράσσεις μὴ ἀ ποστείλας μοι τὸ ἔλαιον διὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου, ἀλλὰ παρεπιδημήσας τῷ Ὀξυ ρυγχείτῃ καὶ μὴ φανεὶ ς ἐνθάδε. νῦν οὖν τὸν μετρητὴν τοῦ ἐλαίου μοι ἀπόστειλον μετὰ τοῦ ἀποσταλέντος ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ, δοὺς αὐτῷ ὄνον ἵνα μὴ ἐγὼ ἀναγκασθῶ ἐλθὼν ἐκεῖ μαχεσθῆ ναί σοι ἢ ἀναγκάσῃς με …