Letter from Zenon to Sostratos
Zenon asks his friend and partner Sostratos to send him one of the masons to point out the brick-makers and the other masons, but to warn this man not to disclose himself lest they should all decamp.
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Zenon asks his friend and partner Sostratos to send him one of the masons to point out the brick-makers and the other masons, but to warn this man not to disclose himself lest they should all decamp.
Ζήνων Σωστράτωι χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσειςποήσεις ἀποστείλας πρὸς ἡμᾶς τῶν οἰκοδόμων ἕνα , ὅς δείξει τούς τε πλινθουλκοὺς καὶ τοὺς οἰκοδόμους, καὶ προδιείλασθεπροαπελησασθε αὐτῶι ὅπως ἂν μὴ ἐμφανισθεὶς αὐτοῖς ἀναχωρήσωσιν. συμπέμψατε δὲ αὐτῶι καὶ Ἄραβα. ἔρρωσο. ἔτους λβ, Τῦβι ιε. Σω…
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