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p.cair.zen.2.59160
Letter from Nikon to Zenon via HGV-meta
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 808.
Each record below describes this same ancient text from a different angle.
- Letter from Nikon to Zenon HGV-meta MemphitesDate of reception: 11th January, 255 B.C.
- Letter from Nikon to Zenon APIS-papyrus Kharabet el Gerza (ancient PhiladeDate of reception: 11th January, 255 B.C.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Νίκων Ζήνωνι χαίρειν. εἰ ἔρρωσαι καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ κατὰ νοῦν πράσσεις, εἴη ἄν πολλὴ χάρις τοῖς θεοῖς· καὶ ἐγὼἐωγὼ δὲ ὑγίαινον. καλῶς ἂν ποιήσαις γράψας Νικάνορι περὶ τοῦ ἐλαίου οὗ δεδώκαμεν εἰς τὰ σώματα, ὅπως ἂν ἡμῖν ἀποδῶι· εἰσὶν δὲ χοεῖςχοῖεις πέντε, καὶ περὶ ὧν σοι πρότερον ἔγραψα, καλῶς ἂν ποι ήσαις, ἐάν σοι φαίνηται, ἀποστείλας ἡμῖν, οὐ γὰρ οἶμαί σε ἀγνοιεῖν ὅτι, ἐὰν μή τι παρὰ σοῦ λάβωμεν, λιμῶι παραπολοῦμαι, ἕως ἂν εἰδῶ ποῦ γῆς εἰμι, ἐπειδὴ διʼ Ἀπολλώνιον οὐ δυνάμεθʼ ἀνα κύψαι, ἀλλὰ συμβαίνει διὰ παντὸς ἡμᾶς περιφόβους εἶναι ὥσπερ τοὺς τὰ μέγιστα ἠδικηκότας. ἠξίου δὲ καὶ Μενέμαχος ἡμᾶς πρὸς Ἀπολλώνιον καταπλεῦσαι, δοκιμάζων ὀφθῆναι αὐτῶι, καὶ ὅτι διαλέξεται περὶ ἡμῶν ὅπως ἂν πράσσωμέν τι, καὶ ὅτι μάλιστα ἡμῖν ποιήσει, ἔφη, ἐὰν αὐτῶι μνησθῶμεν περὶ τοῦ ἐνἐμ Φιλαδελφείαι ἔργου. εἰ οὖν δοκιμάζεις καταπλεῦσαί με ὅπως ἂν ἐντύχωμεν, γράψον μοι. καὶ ἐάν σοι φαίνηται δοῦναι ἡμῖν σιτάριον ὅπως μὴ τίμιον ἀγοράζωμεν, σύνταξον δοθῆναι Ἀγαθίνωι ὅπως ἀποκομίσηι πρὸς ἡμᾶς. ἔρρωσο. ἔτους λ, Δίου ιη, Ἁθὺρ ιη. Νίκων περὶ ἐλαίου. Ζήνωνι.Connections
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Memphites
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 808 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;2;59160 tier-1
- HGV-Text 808 tier-1
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- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.
- Inherited across the Trismegistos spine — a Trismegistos ID names one ancient text, and papyrology splits that text's description across databases: the edition in one, the date and provenance in another, the physical papyrus in a third. Fields tagged via … on this page were read from a sibling record under the same TM number, not asserted by Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text.
- date — from APIS-papyrus, TM-Text 808 (see that record)
- find site — from HGV-meta, TM-Text 808 (see that record)
- find point — from HGV-meta, TM-Text 808 (see that record)