DDbDP transcription: cde.92.133 [xml]
1[- ca.40 -] α̣ὐτὸν θελ̣ο̣ν̣ [- ca.5 -]
[- ca.4 -] ̣[- ca.22 -] ̣[- ca.10 -]β̣ ̣[ ̣]ν[ ̣]εν ̣[- ca.5 -]
κελλαρικὰ β κ̣αὶ στρώμ̣α̣τ̣α̣ ̣ καὶ χαλκώματα κ[- ca.9 -] καὶ κελ[εύ]σ̣ῃ̣ δ̣[ιὰ]
πηλοῦ σφραγισθῆναι̣ τ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ν ἡμῶν ἵνα μὴ [- ca.4 -] ̣η̣ ἄλλος εἰς τ̣[οῦ]τ̣ο·
5νύκτωρ δὲ κελεύσῃ βληθῆναι αὐτὰ ἀταράχως [ἵνα ἐ]κ̣πλεύσῃ τ̣ὸ ἀλλ̣ότριο̣ν̣
μετὰ τοῦ πλοίου. τὸ δὲ ναῦλον κελεύσῃ δοῦναι ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ὅσον ἐὰν(*) θε ̣ ̣ ̣
τὸν αὐτὸν οὖν μαργαρί̣[την] κέλευσον πεμφθῆ[ναι] μετὰ τῶν σκ̣ευῶ̣ν̣
ἐνταῦθα ἵνα καὶ παραδῶ αὐτά, εἰ καί, ὅτι ζῇ κύριος, ταχὺ ὑποστρέφουσιν,
ὡς ἐκ τῶν γραφέντων ἀπὸ τῆς βασιλείδος(*)· vac. ? ὁ [δ]ε̣σπότ̣ης θεὸς φυλάξῃ καὶ
10τὴν ὑμετέραν ἀγαθὴν προστασίαν. κελεύσῃ δ̣[ὲ] τέσσαρας συμμ[ά]χους
παρασχεῖν τοὺς εὑρόντας αὐτὸν ἡμῶν παρεχόντω̣ν αὐτοῖς, καὶ
ὀφειλόμενον αὐτοῖς ὑπὲρ ἀναλώματος δοθῆν[αι] α̣ὐ̣τοῖς, δέσποτα. †
Editorial History; All History; (detailed)
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HGV 704775 Translation (Englisch) [xml]
… 3 two cellared wares and [N] pieces of bedding and bronze vessels … and please order our [cargo?] to be sealed with clay, so that someone else may not … into it. And please order that these things be loaded at night without disturbance, [so that?] the consignment may sail out with the boat. And please order the payment of the freight-charge on our behalf, however much … 7 Then order that the same pearl be sent here with the supplies, so that I may also hand over these things, if, as the Lord lives, they also return quickly, in accordance with the letter from the Queen (sc. City) – may the lord God also protect your noble patronage. And please order that four armed couriers provide for (?) the men who found it, with us providing (sc. payment?) to them, and that what is owed to them for expenses be given to them, (my) lord. † (Translation: K. Helms – M. Zellmann-Rohrer, CdE 92 (2017) 133-134)