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p.mich.8.501 = HGV P.Mich. 8 501 = Trismegistos 27111 = michigan.apis.2523



DDbDP transcription: p.mich.8.501 [xml]

II spc Karanis<Alexandria?

[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣στα  ̣  ̣[  ̣]  ̣  ̣
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣  ̣  ̣τησαι  ̣ης
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣[  ̣]ν̣τα πανκάκως
[- ca.15 -]  ̣[  ̣]  ̣  ̣  ̣μ̣η αὐτ[  ̣  ̣] ὁ ἀδελ-
5[φὸς - ca.12 -]  ̣[  ̣] Ἰουλιαν̣ὸ̣ς̣ γενόμενος
[- ca.15 -]α̣βων α̣ὐτ̣ο̣ῦ πολλὰ δάνια(*)
[- ca.15 -]  ̣εσθαι   ̣[  ̣]. ἐ̣ὰν οὖν ἐργασίαν
[- ca.15 -]θω τὸ σὸ̣ν̣ [ἐ]κπράξαι ὑπὲρ
[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]  ̣  ̣[  ̣  ̣  ̣]  ̣  ̣[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]οτι   ̣  ̣  ̣λως ὠνησόμεθα.
10[τ]ὴν μέντοι γε χάριν αὐτῶν θ̣ε̣ω̣ρήσωμεν ὅταν
[ἀ]παρτισθῇ τὰ ἔργα καὶ γναφῶσιν. ὑπὲρ τῆς πορ-
[φ]ύρας οὐδὲν δύναμαί σοι γράφειν ἄχρι οὗ ἐκ τοῦ
β̣αφείου ἐξέλθῃ, ὑπὲρ ἧς ἄν τ[ι] τάχιον ἐπιγνῶ δη-
[λώ]σω [σ]ο̣ι̣. καὶ ἐν ταῖς διὰ Αὐρηλιανοῦ ἐπιστολαῖς
15[ἔγ]ραψ[ά σ]οι λαβεῖν τέσαρα(*)   ̣  ̣ρ  ̣  ̣[  ̣]  ̣τιανὰ ἀπὸ Φιλήτου
[ἃ π]αρʼ αὐτῷ κατέ[λ]ιπον, ἀλλʼ οὐδ[ὲ]ν ἔλασσον καὶ αὐτῷ
[ὑπὲ]ρ τούτου ἔγραψα καὶ τὸ   ̣ [ἰτι]νερᾶριν ὁ ἐποίησα
[διὰ Σ]υρίας Ἀσίας Ἀχαί(*)ας μέχ[ρι Ῥ]ώμης. ἐὰν ἐπʼ ἀ-
[γαθῷ] ἰς(*) Ἀλεξάνδρειαν ἔρχῃ, λαγύν[ο]υς Μασσαλιτανὰς
20[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣ μοι ἵνα ἰς(*) τὰς ε̣[ὐ]ν̣οίας τοῦ κυρίου Σαρά-
[πιδος   ̣  ̣]  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣υ  ̣  ̣ρθω  ̣  ̣  ̣[  ̣  ̣ π]αρών σοι ἐλάλησα
[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣ τῆς οἰκίας μου [π]αράκειταί σοι καί τι-
[να   ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]αν σοι ἔγραψα τῆς οἰκίας μ[ο]υ καὶ νῦν ταύτῃ
[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣ ὑπέταξα. καὶ καθὼς γράφις(*) ταξείδια(*)
25[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣ ἐ]κ̣π̣λ̣έξαι ἀπὸ Ῥώμης ἰς(*) Ἀλεξάνδρειαν ἐνγυ-
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Apparatus


^ 6. l. δάνεια
^ 15. l. τέσσαρα
^ 18. αχαϊασ papyrus
^ 19. l. εἰς
^ 20. l. εἰς
^ 24. l. γράφεις
^ 24. l. ταξίδια
^ 25. l. εἰς

Editorial History; All History; (detailed)

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APIS Translation (English)

. . . Let us nevertheless see their gratitude when the materials are prepared and dressed. Concerning the purple dye I can write you nothing until it comes from the dyeshop. If I learn anything about it sooner, I will let you know. In the letters that I sent by Aurelian I wrote you to get from Philetas four . . . which I left with him, but nonetheless I wrote to him also about this, as well as the itinerary that I made through Syria, Asia, and Achaea, as far as Rome. If by luck you come to Alexandria, [buy(?)] for me . . . Marseilles flasks so that [I may not put off giving thanks(?)] for the favors of the lord Sarapis . . .