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Title Letter of Hermias
Publications P.Oxy. 9 1223
More in series P.Oxy.More in series P.Oxy., vol. 9
Sel. Pap. I 164
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Post-Concordance BL Entries VIII 242; ; XII 138
Origin Oxyrhynchites
More from Oxyrhynchites
Material Papyrus
Date ca. 370
More from the period between 370 CE and 371 CE
Commentary Zur Datierung vgl. BL VII, S. 136 und BL VIII, S. 242. Zum Ort (Hermopolites?) vgl. BL XI, S. 148.
Print Illustrations Tyche 11, 1996, Tafel 10
Subjects Brief (privat); Hermeias an Horion; Angelegenheiten (Geld)
Images http://ipap.csad.ox.ac.uk/4DLink4/4DACTION/IPAPwebquery?vPub...
License Creative Commons License © Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Trismegistos: 21597 [source]

Publications P. Oxy. 9 1223 (Hunt, Arthur S.; 1912) = Sel. Pap. 1 164 (Hunt, Arthur S.; 1932)
Inv. no. Cairo, Egyptian Museum JdE 47453
Date AD 370 about
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, U19 - Oxyrynchites[written]; Egypt, U19 - Oxyrynchos (Bahnasa)[found]
People mentioned people

Catalog Record: oxford-ipap.apis.1781 [xml]

Title Letter of Hermias
Summary The chief point of interest in this letter, which was written by a man in financial difficulties, is the ratio given in ll. 31 sqq. between the current values of the gold solidus and the murias of drachmae or denarii. A date in the second half of the fourth century is suggested by the handwriting, and the great deprecation of the murias makes it probable that the century was nearing its close.
Citations P.Oxy. 9 1223
P.Oxy.:9:1223
Inv. Id JE47453
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 26.9 x 9.3
Origin Oxyrhynchus
More from Oxyrhynchus
Date Late 4th century
More from the period between 375 CE and 399 CE
Subjects Documentary; Papyri
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

Citations

DDbDP transcription: p.oxy.9.1223 [xml]

ca. AD 360 Oxyrhynchus

r
κυρίῳ μο[υ ἀδελφῷ Ὡρίων]ι̣
Ἑρμείας.
θαυμάζω εἴπερ ὁ ἀποστελλό-
μενος πρὸς σὲ τὸ πλοῖον
5τὸ τοῦ γεούχου καταλαμβάνει
παρὰ σοί. πλὴν ἐὰν διὰ
ἀμέλιαν(*) τινὰ καταλάβῃ,
σπούδασον πάραυτα τὸν
ναύτην ἐπὶ τὴν πόλειν(*)
10ἅμα τῷ πεμφθέντι συμμάχῳ
ἐκπέμψαι. ἀλλʼ· ὅρα μὴ
ἀμελήσῃς. ἠ(*) καὶ εὐδία ἐστί
καὶ τὸ πλοῖον ἀνενέγκε(*) οὐ
δύναται ἐν τῇ σήμερον,
15αὐτὸς ὁ ναύτης ἀπαντήσῃ
πρὸς χιρογραφίαν(*), οὐκ· ὀλίγως
γὰρ ἐνοχλούμεθα. ἐὰν δὲ ἀμελή-
σῃς, ὁ οἶκος ἡμῶν περιστάσι(*)
κοινωνεῖν μέλλει διὰ τὴν
20ἀπουσίαν τοῦ γεούχου ὑ(*)πὸ τοῦ
φορτικοῦ Ἀμμωνίου σπεκουλά-
τορος καὶ τοῦ ἐπαρχικοῦ. εἴ τι δὲ
ἀργύρια ἔχεις παρὰ σοὶ ἢ ὁλο-
κόττινα, ἐν τάχει ἀπόστιλο(ν)(*)·
25τοσαύτας γὰρ προσδοχὰς χρε-
ωστοῦμεν, καὶ οὐκέτι πιστευ-
όμεθα, ἐὰν μὴ εὐγνωμονή-
σωμεν. πέμπων δὲ δήλωσο(ν)
τοῖς σοῖς παρασχεῖν μοι τὴν ὑπ(ο)-
30λοιπάδα̣(*) τοῦ οἴνου καὶ τῆς καθό-
λου μονάδαν μίαν ἥμισυ. ὁ
ὁλοκόττινος νῦν μυ(ριάδων) Βκ
ἐστίν· κατέβη γάρ. μὴ ἀμελή-
σῃς ἐν τῇ σήμερον τὸ πλοῖο(ν)
35ἢ τὸν ναύτην ἀποστῖλαι(*). ἐρ-
ρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι
πολλοῖς χρόνοις, ἄδελφε. v
κυρίῳ ἀδελφῷ Ὡρίωνι Ἑρμεία[ς].

Apparatus


^ r.7. l. ἀμέλειαν
^ r.9. l. πόλιν
^ r.11. αλλʼ· papyrus
^ r.12. l. εἰ
^ r.13. l. ἀνενέγκαι
^ r.16. l. χειρογραφίαν
^ r.16. ουκ· papyrus
^ r.18. l. περιστάσει
^ r.20. ϋπο papyrus
^ r.24. l. ἀπόστειλο(ν)
^ r.29. corr. ex
^ r.35. l. ἀποστεῖλαι

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HGV 21597 Translation (English) [xml]

(Translation: from P.Oxy. 9) To my lord and brother Horion from Hermias. I am surprised if my messenger finds the boat of the landlord with you; if, however, owing to some carelessness he finds it there, make haste to send the sailor to the city at once with the attendant whom I have sent. See that you do not neglect this. If it is calm weather and he cannot bring back the boat today, let the sailor himself return in order to make a bond, for I am being worried not a little. If you neglect it, our house is likely, owing to the absence of the landlord, to be brought to a critical pass through the tiresome Ammonius the speculator and the praefect’s assistant. If you have any silver coins with you or solidi, send me them quickly, for I owe on account of so many obligations and I am no longer trusted, unless I behave fairly. Send and tell your people to hand over to me the remainder of the wine and one and a half units of the general account. The solidus now stands at 2,020 myriads; it has come down. Do not neglect to send the boat or the sailor today. I pray for your lasting health, brother. (Addressed) To my lord and brother Horion from Hermias.’