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HGV: P.Turner 43 [source] [xml]

Title Private Letter
Publications P.Turner 43
More in series P.Turner
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Post-Concordance BL Entries ; XIII 258
Origin unbekannt
More from unbekannt
Material Papyrus
Date III
More from the period between 201 CE and 300 CE
Commentary Rückseite: P.Turner 14 (literarisch). Zu Z. 10-14 vgl. BASP 41, 2004, S. 115-118.
Subjects Brief (privat); Ammonianos an Moros; Stofflieferungen; Geld
Images http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2915...
License Creative Commons License © Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Trismegistos: 30182 [source]

Publications P. Turner 43 (Youtie, Herbert Chayyim; 1981)
Inv. no. Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 6657 Vo
Reuse Type other text(s) on the same object: 635600
Date AD 200 - 299
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt[found & written]
People mentioned people

Catalog Record: michigan.apis.2915 [xml]

Title Private letter
Author Ammonianos
Summary It betrays a preoccupation with linen-weaving and is much enchanced by the partly obscure reflections on the moral responsibility of the recipient as a linen-weaver
Citations Youtie HC, PTurner, 43, 1981 -- Nikos Litinas, The Lack of Linen-Weavers, BASP 41 (2004), 115-118 (lines 10-14), plate 7
P.Turner:43
Inv. Id P.Mich.inv. 6657
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 9.3 x 20 cm
Condition The sheet was cut from the roll to receive a private letter on its unused reverse side. Partly broken above. Many holes all over the sheet.
Lines 29 lines
Recto/Verso Source of description: Verso
Hands The letter is written across the fibres.
Origin Unknown
More from Unknown
Language Greek
Date IIIrd century A.D.
More from the period between 200 CE and 299 CE
Note (general) Location: Ann Arbor
Note (general) Pub. status: Verso; Recto is P.Turner 14
Subjects Documentary; Papyrus
Associated Names Ammonianos, sender of the letter; Moros, receiver of the letter; Kopreus; Petechon
Images Verso thumbnail
Images Verso medium
Images Verso large
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

Citations

DDbDP transcription: p.turner.43 [xml]

III spc Oxyrhynchus

Ἀμμωνιανὸς Μώρ̣[ῳ] τῷ φιλ-
τάτῳ χαίρειν. οἰόμε̣ν̣[ος ἃ ἐγε-]
γραφήκεις περὶ ἐπ̣[ι]φ̣ο̣[ρᾶς]
(δραχμῶν) Δ, οὐκ ἔμελλον ὀ̣κ[ν]ε̣[ῖν πρῶ-]
5τον μὲν τ̣ὸ τῆς ἐπ̣ι̣ν̣ε̣  ̣  ̣α̣ς̣
πίσσης δεύτερον τὸ τῶν χ̣ι̣τ̣ω̣-
ν̣ίων, πλὴν ἐξέπλεκται(*) τὸ τ̣[ῆς]
πίσσης. καὶ κὰν(*) νῦν ὅρα μ̣ὴ̣ ἀ[μ]ε̣-
λήσῃς πέμψαι μοι τὰ ὀθ̣ό̣ν̣ι̣α̣.
10ἴ(*)δην(*) γὰρ ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν σε ὀχλ̣[ῆσ]αι
ὃν(*) ὑ(*)πεβάλαταί(*) μοι λινόυ(*)φ̣[ον]
ὄντα ὡς(*) ὅπου οἱ κόρακες ἀ[πέρ-]
χονται(*) ἐρῖς(*) σπάνις(*) ἐστὶν τ[ῶν]
λινού(*)φων. περὶ γὰρ τῶν χιτ[ω-]
15νίων ἰ(*)(*) ο̣ἶδες(*) ὅ̣τι πλε[ί]ω τῶν̣
(δραχμῶν) σμ οὐκ ἐδόθη, ὡς ἔφη μ̣[οι]
Κοπρεύς, πέμψον μοι αὐτ[ὰ]
ἄρτι. ἴ(*) τι δὲ ἐδαπάνησας εἰ̣ς̣
τὰ ὀθόνια δήλωσόν μοι. λ̣α̣-
20βὼν μέντοι γε τὸ πρόλ[οι]π[ον]
παρὰ Κοπρέως < >, ἐὰν δὲ μή,
πάλιν δήλωσόν μοι καὶ π[έμ-]
πω σοι διʼ ἑτέρου καταγ’γί[σας]
αὐτὰ εἰς τὸ ἡμιτυλ[ι]ν(*). οὐ δ[έ τι]
25ἐκομισάμην παρὰ Πετ[ε-]
χῶντος, οὐδὲ ὄψιν α̣[ὐ]τ̣[οῦ εἶ-]
δον. ἀναζήτησον αὐτ̣ὸ̣[ν καὶ]
[ἀπ]α̣ίτη[σ]ο̣ν αὐτὸν εξ̣[  ̣]  ̣β̣[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]
[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]γ̣α̣[  ̣  ̣  ̣]  ̣  ̣[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]  ̣  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
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Apparatus


^ 7. l. ἐκπέπλεκται
^ 8. l. ἐὰν
^ 10. l. ᾔδειν : ϊδην papyrus
^ 10-11. BL 13.258 : ου[  ̣]α̣ι̣  ̣  ̣ |ον prev. ed.
^ 11. l. ὑπεβάλατε, BL 13.258 : ὑ(ϋ)πεβαλάσ̣ται (l. ὑποβαλέσθαι) prev. ed. : ϋπεβαλαται papyrus : ϋπεβαλασ̣ται papyrus
^ 11. λινοϋφ̣[ον] papyrus
^ 12. N. Litinas, BASP 41 (2004)116 : ὄντα, ὡς prev. ed.
^ 12-13. BL 13.258 : ἀ[πέ]|χονται prev. ed.
^ 13. l. ἐρεῖς, BL 13.258 : ἔρις prev. ed.
^ 13. N. Litinas, BASP 41 (2004)116 : σ̣πάνις (l. σπάνιος) prev. ed.
^ 14. λινοϋφων papyrus
^ 15. l. εἰ : ϊ papyrus
^ 15. l. οἶδας
^ 18. l. εἴ
^ 23. καταγ’γι[σασ] papyrus
^ 24. l. ἡμιτύλ[ιο]ν

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APIS Translation (English)

Ammonianos to his dearest Moros, gretting. Bearing in mind what you had written concerning a fine of 4000 dr, I was not intending to delay, first in the matter of the ... pitch, second in the matter of the chitons; but the matter of the pitch has been concluded. Do you even now take pains not to neglect to send me the linens. For I knew that it is impossible for you to bother the weaver, whom you suggested to me, who is like "wherever the ravens fly ". (Of course), you will say: "there is a lack of weavers". there is slight discord among the linen-weavers. For concerning the chitons, if you know that not more than 240 dr. was given for them, as Kopreus told me, send them to me now. And if you went to any expense for the linens, let me know. Nevertheless, when you have obtained the remainder from Kopreus < >; otherwise, let me know again and I shall pack them into the semi-bolster and send them to you by someone else. And I did not receive anything from Petechon, nor catch sight of him. Search him out and collect from him ...