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HGV: P.Mich. 1 46 [source] [xml]

Title Letter to Zenon from Pyron
Publications P.Mich. 1 46
More in series P.Mich.More in series P.Mich., vol. 1
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Origin Arsinoites
More from Arsinoites
Material Papyrus
Date 251 v.Chr.
More from the period between 251 BCE and 250 BCE
Subjects Brief (geschäftlich); Pyron an Zenon; Samen; Mohn; Spiele in Alexandria; Kosten für Rollen (Papyrus)
Images http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1797...
License Creative Commons License © Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Trismegistos: 1946 [source]

Publications P. Mich. Zen. 46 (Edgar, Campbell Cowan; 1931)
Inv. no. Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 3108
Date BC 251 (P02)
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, 00a - Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza)[found]; Egypt, 00a - Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza)[place of writing & destination]
Archive Zenon son of Agreophon
People mentioned people

Catalog Record: michigan.apis.1797 [xml]

Title Business Letter
Author Pyron
Summary Letter to Zenon from Pyron, an accountant in his service, requesting an advance of money, to buy poppy seed and sell it at a profit, and the loan of a parcel of land, to have wheat of his own
Citations Edgar CC, PMich I, 46, 1931
P.Mich.:1:46
Inv. Id P.Mich.inv. 3108
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 30 x 24.5 cm
Condition broken off at the bottom
Lines Col. I - 16;;col. II - 9
Recto/Verso Source of description: Recto
Hands paragraphoi
Origin Philadelpheia, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, Egypt
More from Philadelpheia, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, Egypt
Language Greek
Date 251 B.C.
More from the period between 251 BCE and 250 BCE
Note (general) Location: Ann Arbor
Note (general) Pub. status: Recto; Verso is blank
Note (related) Zenon archive
Subjects Festivals--Egypt.; Commercial correspondence--Egypt.; Loans--Egypt.; Land tenure--Egypt.; Agriculture--Egypt.; Writings--Materials and instruments--Egypt.; Measures and weights, Ancient.; Travel, Ancient.; Scribes--Egypt.; Documentary; Papyrus
Associated Names Zenon (son of Agreophon) (see Pros.Ptol. I 80 + add.); Pyron (see Pros.Ptol. I 136 + add; IV 10451; Pap.Lugd.Bat. XXI, p. 411)
Images Recto thumbnail
Images Recto medium
Images Recto large
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DDbDP transcription: p.mich.1.46 [xml]

251 BC Philadelphia

1
Ζή̣[ν]ωνι χαίρειν Πύρων.
βουλόμενος ἀξιῶσαί σε παλαίτερον
περὶ χαλκῶν εἰς μήκωνος
συναγορασμόν, διαισχυνόμενος
5καὶ πλείους προσπορευομένους
ἀπείρημαι. καλῶς οὖν
——
ποιήσεις, ὅπως, ἐὰν καταπλέηις
εἰς τὴν πενταετηρίδα,
εὐσχημόνως̣ συγκαταπλ̣έ̣-
10ωμέν σοι, βοη̣θήσας ἡμ̣ῖν
πάντως εἰς ἀρ(τάβας) ρν, ἣν ὑπὸ
χέρα(*) σοι ἀπομετρήσω κατὰ ἀρ(τάβας) λ.
——
ἀξιοῦμεν δέ σε τοῦτο οὐχ ἕ-
νεκεν τοῦ ἰδίου μόνον, ἀλλὰ
15καὶ τοῦ εἰς τοὺς χάρτας ἀνη̣-
[λώμα]τ[ος ⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2
αἰτεῖν σε. ποίησον οὖν
ἡμῖν πάντως. καλῶς δὲ
——
ποιήσεις καὶ περὶ γηιδίου
20φροντίσας, ὃ σπείροντες
διευσχημονήσομεν σέ τε
\οὐκ ἐνοχλήσομεν τὸν/
πλείω χρόνον τοῦτον τὸν
σπόρον χορηγήσαντα.
25εὐτύχει.

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APIS Translation (English)

To Zenon greeting from Pyron. Though I desired some time ago to ask you for money for buying poppy seed, I have refrained until now, being ashamed to see so many others applying to you. So in order that, if you sail down to the Pentaeteris, I may accompany you in proper style, will you kindly help me at any rate to buy 150 artabai, which I will presently deliver to you in quantities of 30 artabai? I ask this not only for the sake of my private expenses, but also to meet expenditure on the papyrus rolls [- - -] Do this for me then at any rate. And please consider my request about a plot of land which I can sow and thus live decently 'without troubling' you for the future, once you have provided this year's seed. May you prosper.