DDbDP transcription: p.ryl.4.559 [xml]
257 BC Philadelphia
[Reprinted from: sb.5.7642] SB5,7642
Μάρων Ζήνωνι χαίρειν. καλῶ[ς -ca.?- ]
φαίνεται, εἰς τὸ ὀψώνιον ἔτι (δραχμὰς) β (τριώβολον) ὥστε π ̣[ -ca.?- ]
μοι εἰς τά τε ἄλετρα καὶ ὕδωρ ἀγοράζειν [ -ca.?- ]
σοὶ δʼ ὡς φαίνεται οὕτω ποίει. πολλοὶ δὲ διατρίβου[σι -ca.?- ]
5\φυλακίαι/ λαμβάνουσι ὀψώνιον (δραχμὰς) ιε καὶ πυρῶν ἀρτάβας [ -ca.?- ] v
20Ζήνωνι
Μάρων περὶ τοῦ ὀψωνίου.
(ἔτους) κθ Δαισίου ιδ,
ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείαι.
Editorial History; All History; (detailed)
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HGV 2415 Translation (English) [xml]
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1 ‘Maron to Zenon, greeting. Please assign me, if you think fit, 2½ more drachmae for my salary … to provide for the cost of grinding and for buying water…. But do just as you think right yourself. Many persons are occupied … those engaged in guarding a salary of 15 drachmae and …artabas of wheat.
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6 (Addressed) To Zenon. (Docketed) Maron about his salary. Year 29, Daesius 14, in Alexandria.’