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Title Letter of Asclepiades
Publications P.Tebt. 3 .1 761
More in series P.Tebt.More in series P.Tebt., vol. 3
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Origin Tebtynis (Arsinoites)
More from Tebtynis (Arsinoites)
Material Papyrus
Date spätes III v.Chr.
More from the period between 225 BCE and 201 BCE
Subjects Brief (privat); Asklepiades an NN; Zinsen; Pfandverleih
Images https://dpg.lib.berkeley.edu/webdb/apis/apis2?apisid=982&ite...
License Creative Commons License © Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Trismegistos: 7844 [source]

Publications P. Tebt. 3 761 (Hunt, Arthur S. / Smyly, J. Gilbart; 1933)
Inv. no. Berkeley, Bancroft Library P. Tebt. 761
Date BC 225 - 200
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, 00c - Tebtynis (Umm el-Baragat)[found & written]
People mentioned people

Catalog Record: berkeley.apis.982 [xml]

Title Private letter from Asklepiades
Author Asklepiades
Summary Asklepiades writes about various private affairs, asking the addressee to manage things for him and to get a loan to buy things.
Citations P.Tebt., III.761
P.Tebt.:3.1:761
Inv. Id P.Tebt.0761
Material Papyri
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 15 x 12.7 cm.
Preservation The papyrus is much damaged.
Lines 16 lines, on recto along the fibers.
Recto/Verso Verso empty.
Hands Regular cursive.
Language Greek
Date Late 3rd century B.C.
More from the period between 225 BCE and 200 BCE
Note (general) Margins: top, 2.3 cm.; left, 1 cm.; right, 1.7 cm.
Note (local/note) 1236
Note (local/note) Bancroft Library, Univ. of Calif., Berkeley
Subjects Private letters, Ptolemaic Period
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

DDbDP transcription: p.tebt.3.1.761 [xml]

III sac Tebtynis

Ἀσκληπιάδης Πε[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣ χαίρειν].
ἐμοῦ ἀναπλεύσαντ[ος](*) [οἱ   ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]
οὐ προείπαντες [  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣, ὥστε]
μὴ δύνασθαί με [κατελθεῖν].
5σὺ οὖν καλῶς ποιή[σεις ἀπὸ τοῦ]
βελτίστου ἀντι̣[διοικεῖν] τὰ
πράγματα κ[αὶ ἐπιμέλ]εσ̣θαι
τῶν ἐν οἴκωι κα[ὶ τοῦ] μικρο̣ῦ̣
⟦κομισάμ[ενος δὲ   ̣  ̣]  ̣  ̣οι  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣⟧
10διελθὼν δὲ μετ̣[ὰ   ̣  ̣]  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣ π̣ρὸς
τὴν τοκίστρια[ν κό]μ̣ι̣σ̣α̣ι̣ τ̣ὸ̣
κάθεμα καὶ τὴ̣[ν σινδ]όνα πρὸς
(δραχμὰς) Ασ, καὶ τοὺς τόκους ἀ̣πὸ
Μεχεὶρ ἕως τοῦ̣ [νῦν δός, καὶ]
15τὴν σινδόνα [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
  ̣  ̣νο̣ν̣τ̣  ̣  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
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^ 2. corr. ex αναπλε⟦ον⟧

Editorial History; All History; (detailed)

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APIS Translation (English)

Asklepiades to Pe[--], greeting. After I had sailed up, the � without warning me � so that I am unable to return. Kindly therefore manage things for me as best you can, and take care of the household and the little one. Make your way with � to the money-lending woman and get the necklet and the muslin at 1200 drachmas and pay the interest from Mecheir to date, and � the muslin ... (Here the papyrus breaks off.)