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p.oxy.10.1298 = HGV P.Oxy. 10 1298 = Trismegistos 21805



DDbDP transcription: p.oxy.10.1298 [xml]

ca. AD 330 Oxyrhynchus

r
τῷ δεσπότῃ καὶ ἀσυνκρίτῳ
καὶ παραμυθίᾳ τῶν φίλων Γο-
νᾶτι(*) Ἄμμων χαίρειν. πρὸ παν-
τὸς εὔχομε(*) τῷ κυρίῳ θεῷ πε-
5ρὶ τῆς ὁλοκληρίας σου καὶ τῶν
φιλτάτων σου. ἐγὼ μονος(*) πά-
νυ ἐμαυτὸν τηρῶν ὑ(*)πὲρ τὸν ἀσ-
φαλὴν πᾶσε(*)(*) λέσχε(*) τοῦ κόσμου
περὶ ἐμὲ γίνοντε(*). σὲ γὰρ μόνον
10ἔχω μάρτυρα πῶς ὁ Γοῦνθος δρα-
ξάμενός μου ἡνίκα Κάσστωρ(*) ὁ τοῦ
Δαμοσστράτου(*) ἐπιμελητὴς ὢν
τοῦ οἴνου ἀπέσστιλέ(*) μοι ὁ Γοῦνθος
ἀποχὴν οἴνου σπαθίων ξϛ,
15ὑπὲρ Τρωίλου λϛ, ἐμοῦ κβ, Δίου
η, καὶ ἐμοῦ παραγεναμένου ἐν
τῷ Ὀξυρεχίτῃ(*)(*)πελόγησέ μοι
ἑκάστου σπαθίου (τάλαντα) ζ, ὅ̣περ σὺ τού-
του μεσίτη̣ς̣ ἐτ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣ς̣ ὅ̣τ̣ι ε  ̣  ̣
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20[τῷ κ]υρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ
[Γο]νατᾷ Ἄμμων.

Apparatus


^ r.2-3. l. Γο |νᾶτι, BL 8.244 : Γονατᾷ prev. ed.
^ r.4. l. εὔχομαι
^ r.6. l. μόνον
^ r.7. ϋπερ papyrus
^ r.8. l. πᾶσαι
^ r.8. l. αἱ
^ r.8. l. λέσχαι
^ r.9. l. γίνονται
^ r.11. l. Κάστωρ
^ r.12. l. Δαμοστράτου
^ r.13. l. ἀπέστειλέ
^ r.17. l. Ὀξυρυγχίτῃ
^ r.17. ϋπελογησε papyrus

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HGV 21805 Translation (English) [xml]

(Translation: from P.Oxy. 10) To my incomparable master, the consolation of his friends, Gonatas from Ammon, greeting. Before all else I pray to the Lord God for the prosperity of yourself and those dearest to you. I have been keeping myself quite alone beyond the point of safety, and all the vain talk of the world besets me. For I have only you to witness how Gunthus laid hands on me when Castor son of Damostratus, superintendent of wine—Gunthus sent me a receipt for 66 spathia of wine; for Troilus 36, for me 22, for Dius 8, and when I came to the Oxyrhynchite nome he charged me for each spathium 7 talents, which you being the intermediary in this... (Addressed)To my lord and brother Gonatas from Ammon.