DDbDP transcription: sb.16.12577 [xml]
III spc ?
τῷ πατρὶ χαίρειν.
ἔδει σε μὲν καὶ χωρὶς
γραμμάτων τὸν βουκόλον
5ἅμα ταῖς βουσεί(*), καθὼς [ ̣] ̣ ̣
ἐνετειλάμην Σαραπίωνι,
πέμψαι α̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣, ἀλλὰ καὶ
τοῦτο οὐδ̣ὲ̣ ξένον̣ τῆς
ἀμελείας σου ἐποίησας.
10ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐγὼ ἐνετειλάμην σοι
περὶ τῶν σπερμάτων τῶν
γονγυλείδων(*) καὶ οὐδὲ τοῦτο
ἐποίησας. κἂν(*) νῦν καὶ τὸν
βουκόλον καὶ τὰς βόας πέμψον
15εἰς τὸ ἐποίκιον, ἀλλὰ καὶ εἰς συμ̣-
πλήρωσιν σπερμάτων (ἀρτάβας) β
γονγυλῶν [κα]ὶ̣ [ἐ]λέ[ο]υ(*) ῥαφανείνου(*)
\κεράμια β/, καθὼς ἐνετ[ει]λάμην σοι, καὶ
ὄξους δίχο̣(ρον)(*) [κα]ὶ φ̣[οι]νίκων < >, Ἅσιον̣(*) δὲ
20τὸν ποιμένα ἀπαιτησάτω
Εὔτυχο̣ς̣ (δραχμὰς) χ, οὐδὲ γὰρ ἀνῆλ-
θεν πρὸς̣ [ἐμ]έ. λα̣[β]ὼν δὲ
κέρμα παρʼ [α]ὐτοῦ δὸς τοῖς
ἀμπελουργοῖς εἰ περὶ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣
25 ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ν(*) τῆς β ̣ ̣ντ ̣ ̣ε̣ι̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ κ̣α̣ὶ̣
τὸ λῖμμα(*) τῶν ψωμίων̣ π̣έ̣μ̣-
ψον τοῖς οἰκοδόμοις
ζεύγη μδ. ἐρρῶσθαί σ(*) εὔχ(ομαι).
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APIS Translation (English)
"Herakleides to my father Heroninos, greeting. You should have sent . . . the cowhers together with the cows, as I . . . instructed Sarapion, without (needing) a letter (to remind you), but indeed you did this (i. e. you delayed unduly), a thing not alien to your indifference. But I also instructed you concerning the turnip seeds, and you didn't do this either. Do you now at last send both the cowherd and the cows to the settlement, and by way of replacing 2 artabas of turnip seeds, 2 jars of radish oil, as I instructed you, a jar of vinegar, and . . . of dates. Have Eutychos collect from the shepherd Asios 600 drachmas, for he did not even come up here to me. Having got money from him, give it to the vine-dressers if . . . and send the rest of the breed to the builders, 44 double loaves. I pray for your good health."