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τῷ̣ κ̣υρίῳ μου πατρὶ Ἥρωνι Κοπρῆς
χαίρειν·
πρὸ πάντων εὔχομαι τῷ θεῷ ὑγιένοντί(*) σοι
καὶ εὐθυμοῦντι ἀποδοθῆναι τὰ παρʼ ἐμοῦ γράμματα.
5ὡς ἔπεμσές(*) με(*) τῇ εἰκάδι τοῦ Χοίακ ἷ(*)κα(*) πρὸ πάν-
των τῆς ἀλλαγῆς. μὴ νόμιζε οὖν ὅτι ἐγὼ
κατέχω τ[ο]ὺ̣ς ἐργάτας, ἀλλʼ’ ὁ ἐπιμελητής
ἐστιν ὁ αὐτοὺ̣ς κατέχων. ἀλλὰ σπούδασον οὖν
καὶ σὺ πρὸ πάντων τὴν ἀλλαγὴν πέμσαι(*). ⟦εα⟧ ἐὰν
10δ̣ὲ̣ μὴ πέμ̣σ̣ῃς(*) τῇ ὡρισμένῃ ἡμέρᾳ τὴν ἀλλαγήν,
καθώσπερ μοι συνετάξω, εὐθέως τῆς ἡμέρας
τῆς ἀλλαγῆς καταλαβούσης ἀπαντήσω πρὸς σέ.
ἀσπάζομαι πάντας τοὺς ἡμετέρους κατʼ ὄνομα.
καὶ ἐὰν θέλῃς πέμσαι(*) Ἀλῦπιν διὰ τὰ λιθάρια, πέμσον(*)·
15ηὕρηκα(*) γὰρ αὐτὰ πρὸς δέκα καὶ ὀκτὼ τάλαντα
ἕκαστον λιθάριν. (hand 2) ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς
χρόνοις. v
(hand 1) κυρίῳ μου πατρὶ Ἥρωνι Κοπρῆς.
Editorial History; All History; (detailed)
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APIS Translation (English)
To my lord father Heron, Kopres (sends) greetings. Before all else I pray to (our) god that this letter from me finds you on delivery in good health and in good spirits. As you sent me (word) on the twentieth of Choiak, I have come especially for the shift. So don't think that I am holding back the laborers, but the epimeletes is the one who is holding them back. But do you too exert yourself before all else to send the shift. If you do not send the shift on the appointed day as you arranged with me, as soon as the day of the shift arrives I will come to you. My greetings to all our family by name. Also, if you want to send Alypis for the stones, send him, for I have found them at eighteen talents each stone. (2nd hand) I pray that you fare well for many years. (Address on verso) To my lord father Heron, (from) Kopres.