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HGV: P.Ryl. 4 607 [source] [xml]

Title Lettter on the Currency
Publications P.Ryl. 4 607
More in series P.Ryl.More in series P.Ryl., vol. 4
C.Pap. Hengstl 137
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Post-Concordance BL Entries VIII 297; IX 229
Translations Metzger, Nachrichten aus dem Wüstensand (1974), Nr. 12; ; Johnson - West, Currency (1944), S. 185
Origin Antinoopolis
More from Antinoopolis
Material Papyrus
Date 314 - 324 (?)
More from the period between 314 CE and 324 CE
Commentary Zur Datierung vgl. Pestman, New Primer, S. 252 - 253; BL VII, S. 174; BL VIII, S. 297 und BL IX, S. 229. Gehört vielleicht zum Archiv des Theophanes.
Subjects Brief (amtlich, Dionysios an Apion); Geld; Abwertung
Images https://luna.manchester.ac.uk/luna/servlet/view/search?q=met...
License Creative Commons License © Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Trismegistos: 17308 [source]

Publications P. Ryl. Gr. 4 607 (Roberts, Colin Henderson / Turner, Eric Gardner; 1952) = Hengstl, Griechische Papyri 137 (Hengstl, Joachim / ; 1978)
Inv. no. Manchester, John Rylands Library Gr. 607
Date AD 314 - 324?
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, U15 - Antinoopolis (El-Sheikh Ibada)[written]; Egypt, U15 - Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein)[found]
Archive Theophanes
People mentioned people
Places mentioned places

Citations

DDbDP transcription: p.ryl.4.607 [xml]

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Διονύσιος Ἀπίωνι
χαίρειν·
προσέταξεν ἡ θεία τύχη τῶν
δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν τὸ Ἰ(*)ταλικὸν νόμισμα
5εἰς ἥμισυ νούμμου καταβιβασθῆναι· σπού-
δασον οὖν πᾶν τὸ Ἰ(*)ταλικὸν ἀργύριον
ὃ ἔχεις ἀναλῶσαι ἀγοράσας μοι εἴδη
παντοδαπὰ κα̣ὶ π[ο]ίας εὑρίσκεις τιμῆς.
τούτου τε ἕνεκα ἀπέστειλα πρός σε
10ὀφφ(ικιάλιον)· προγίνωσκε δὲ ὡς εἰ βουληθείης(*)
κακουργίᾳ τινὶ χρήσασθαι οὐκ ἀν-
έξομαί σου. (hand 2) ἐρρῶσθαί σε πολλοῖς χρόνοις
εὔχομαι, ἄδελφε. v
(hand 3) Φαρμοῦθι η̣ παρέλαβα τὴν ἐπιστολὴν π(αρὰ) τοῦ ὀφφ(ικιαλίου)
15(hand 4) Διονύσιος Ἀπίωνο(ς) Ἀντινοέ̣(ως) β̣οηθ̣(οῦ) Διονύσιος

Apparatus


^ r.4. ϊταλικον papyrus
^ r.6. ϊταλικον papyrus
^ r.10. corr. ex βουλειθειησ

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HGV 17308 Translation (English) [xml]

textpart

1  ‘Dionysius to Apion, greeting. The divine Fortune of our masters has ordained that the Italian coinage be reduced to the half of a nummus. Make haste, therefore, to spend all the Italian silver that you have on purchases, on my behalf, of goods of every description at whatever price you find them. For this purpose I have dispatched an officialis to you. But take notice that should you intend to indulge in any malpractices I shall not allow you to do so. I pray, my brother, that you may be in long health.

textpart

14  I have received the letter from the officialis on the 8th of Pharmouthi.’