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Catalog Record: lund.apis.802 [xml]

Title Privatbrief
Summary The writer of the letter wants the remaining amount of money for a wine delivery to be paid.
Citations Ostraca Lundensia (O. Lund.). Ostraka aus der Sammlung des Instituts für Altertumskunde an der Universität zu Lund, herausgegeben und kommentiert von Christos Tsiparis, Lund 1979, doctoral dissertation Ostraca Lundensia, herausgegeben und bearbeitet von Erik J. Knudtzon, Lund 1933 (1946), licentiate dissertation, not printed [Gallazzi, C., Bibliotheca orientalis, 39, 1982, c. 576; Nachtergael, G., Sur la provenance de quelques ostraca de la Collection de Lund, Ricerche di egittologia e di antichità copte 6, 2004, p. 91 (provenance); BL VIII, 523 (lines 7, 8); TM 74873]
Inv. Id O. Lund. inv. 5
Support/Dimensions Ostr.; 8.2 x 6.3 cm
Origin Provenance unknown (province of Egypt)
More from Provenance unknown (province of Egypt)
Language Greek
Date II-III A.D.
More from the period between 100 CE and 299 CE
Note (general) The O.Lund. inv. no is the number (written directly on the ostracon) given to each ostracon already by prof. Carl Schmidt, Berlin.
Note (general) O.Lund. inv. no 5 = Tsiparis' publ.no 12 = Knudtzon's publ.no 6
Note (general) Broken at the left and bottom; reddish brown; verso ribbed, dark, with some pitch
Note (general) 9 lines on the recto; verso blank
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Note (local/note) Location: Lund University Library
Subjects Ostraca; Letter; Payment; Wine
Associated Names Apollos
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

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APIS Translation (English)

(Tsiparis' translation) …rkos, dem Bruder und Herrn, einen Gruss. … Bruder, bemühe Dich um mich … , da Du stets Sorge um mich … dem Apollos und treibe ein … die Zahlung für die Weine vom kolophonischen Mass … unter welchen sechsundzwanzig milde, macht 26 … sechzig 6-Chus-Behälter, wovon ich 152 Drachmen erhalten habe … dem Apollos ..