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p.oxy.16.1859

Letter from Menas to a Landlord’s Agent via HGV-meta

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Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 37865. Each record below describes this same ancient text from a different angle.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

παρακαλῶ τὸν ἐμὸν ἀγαθὸν δεσπότην ἐὰν ἐστι δυνατὸν κελεῦσαι ἐνδοῦναι τὸν Παμβήχιον καὶ τοὺς ἑταίρουςἑτέρους αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ Σερύφεως τὴν σήμερον καὶ τὴν αὔριον ἕως οὗ πληρώσουσιν τὴν γεουχικὴν ῥύσιν αὐτῶν, ἐπειδὴ σήμερον ἤρξαντο τρυγεῖν τὴν ἄμπελον αὐτῶν. πολλὴν γὰρ ῥύσιν παρέχουσιν. ἀλλὰ τὸν βοηθοῦντα αὐτοῖςαὐτῆς θεόν, ἐπειδὴ ἄλλο ἔργον οὐκ ἔχω ἐνταῦθα εἰ μὴ ἀντλήσουσιν μόνον τὴν ῥύσιν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀνέρχομαι εἰς τοὺς πόδας τοῦ κύρου. ἐὰν γὰρ ἀνέρχονται, ἐμποδίζομαι ἐνταῦθα. τῷ ἐμῷ ἀγαθῷ δεσπότῃ τῷ ἐνδοξοτάτῳ ἰλλουστρίῳ καὶ ἀντιγεούχῳ Μηνᾶς χαρτουλάριος ὑμέτερος δοῦλος.

Connections

Found at Oxyrhynchus

Cross-references (3)

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