The Weekend Papyrus 6-25-2021

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Barry Hofstetter
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The Weekend Papyrus 6-25-2021

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Nobody bit on the last papyrus, but I'm not one to give up...

P.Oxy 3.353. This one's pretty packed, and a nice vocab workout. I almost didn't post this one due to it's length, but then "The More Greek the Better" occurred to me... :). There a few lacunae, and this manuscript has corrections written above the lines (see the note below).

A letter from a father to his son and another person, giving them directions on various matters of business.


1 Ἀπίων Ἀπίωνι τῶι υἱῷ καὶ Ὡρίωνι τῶι φιλτάτῳ πλεῖστα χαίρειν.
2 πρὸ τῶν ὅλων εὔχομαι ὑμᾶς ὑγιαίνειν μετὰ τῶν τέκνων καὶ συμβίων. ὅσα
3 διὰ τῆς ἑτέρας ἐπιστολῆς ἔγραψα ἵνα μὴ τὰ αὐτὰ γράψω καὶ Ὡρίωνι γράφω. διεπεμψάμην· ὑ-
4 με[ῖ]ν δ[ι]ὰ Εὐτυχοῦς τοῦ ἀπὸ Ἰσίου Τρύφωνος διαστολικὰ γ, β μὲν πρὸς γεωργοὺς Μαξί-
5 μου, τὸ [δὲ] ἄλλο πρὸ[ς] Διογ[έ]νην τὸν τοῦ Βελεη . ( ), εὐθέως δημοσιώσατε αὐτὰ πρὸ τοῦ
6 Φαῶφ[ι ἵ]να μὴ ἐκπρόθεσμα γένηται. ἕτερα δὲ ἀνεπέμφθη Πανεχώτῃ νομικῷ παρʼ οὗ
7 κομ[ίζ]εσθε καὶ δότε αὐτῷ (δραχμὰς) ξδ. τὸ χορτοσπέρμον πωλήσατε καὶ πύθεσθε
8 τοῦ Ὀ[.]φ[.]λη εἰ χρ[εί]αν ἔχει τοῦ ἀπὸ Ταμπιτεί. αἱ πρόσοδοί μου αἱ διὰ τῶν γεωργῶν
9 διαστ[αλ]εῖσα[ι] ἢ παρὰ τῷ ταμείῳ ἐ[ν π]αραθέσει λογισθήτωσαν ἢ ἐν ἀσφαλεῖ [ἤ]τω
10 παρὰ [τοῖ]ς γεωργοῖς ἵνα θεῶν θ[ελ]όντων ἐὰν ἀνεθῶσι μὴ ἔχωμεν περιπλο-
11 κὴν π[ρ]ὸς τὸν ἀντίδικον, ἢ ὁ κίνδυνος αὐτῶν ἤτω πρὸς τοὺς γεωργούς. τὴν οἰ-
12 κίαν Τ[. . ] . βιου μὴ μισθώσῃς μηδενὶ εἰ μή τι〈νι〉 γυναικὶ μελλούσῃ ἐν αὐτῇ οἰ-
13 κεῖν . [. . . .]ατ[.] . ρ[.]τε . [. . .] γὰρ .[. .]ον ἐστὶν τοιαύ[τ]ην οἰκίαν παρα[β]άλλε[ι]ν νεανίσ-
14 κοις ἵ[ν]α μὴ ἔχωμεν στομάχου[ς] μηδὲ φθόνον. εἴπατε Ζωίλῳ τῷ ἀπὸ Σεντὼ
15 γεωργῷ ὅτ[ι] κατὰ τὰς συνθήκας φρόντισον τοῦ χαλκοῦ. εἴπατε καὶ τοῖς διδύμοις ὅτι προ-
16 νοήσ[α]τε τοῦ κερματίου, ὁμοίως καὶ Ἀπολλωνίῳ καὶ Διονοσίῳ ἐὰν ἰσχύσητε πέμψαι
17 εἰς Πα[βέ]ρκη ἀπηλιώτου πρὸς Παυσῖριν τὸν ὀνηλάτην ὅτι καθὼς συνετάξασθέ
18 μοι δοῦναι κεράμια οἴνου καὶ ἵνα τηρήσωσι αὐτῶν τὴν δεξιάν. παράλαβε πα-
19 ρὰ Ἁρθώνιος ἱερέως τὰς τοῦ (πυροῦ) (ἀρτάβας) κ καὶ παρὰ Ζωίλου τοῦ γεωργοῦ τῆς Σεντὼ ἃς κέχρη-
20 ται παρʼ ἐμοῦ πυροῦ (ἀρτάβας) ε. ἐπισκέψασθε ἐκ τοῦ λογιστηρίου τοῦ στρα(τηγοῦ) ἐπιστολ(ὴν) τοῦ διοικητοῦ
21 ἐπὶ τοῦ Θὼθ μηνὸς γραφεῖσαν περὶ τοῦ ὀνόματα πεμφθῆναι ἀντʼ ἐμοῦ εἰς κλῆρον τῆς πρακτο-
22 ρείας. εἴπατε Σερήνῳ τῷ ἐν τῷ καμηλῶνι ὅτι προνόησον τοῦ χαλκοῦ. εἴπατε Ἑρμίᾳ
23 τῷ τ[οῦ Ἰσ]ίου Παγγᾶ γραμματεῖ πρακτόρων ἀργυ(ρικῶν) ὅτι διάστειλον ὃν ὀφείλεις μοι πυρὸν ἢ
24 ὃν ἐ[ὰν δ]οκιμᾷς. Ἡρακλείδης Ἑρμαίσκ[ο]υ ἀποδότω τὰς τοῦ (πυροῦ) (ἀρτάβας) ϛ ἐν θέματι. ε[ἴ]πατε Διο-
25 νυσίῳ Ἐπιμάχου ἀρχιερατεύσαντι ὅτι ἐνέτυχον τῷ διοικητῇ ἕνεκα τῆς προσόδου
26 ἵνα πα[ρα]δεχθῇ εἰς τὸ ὄφλημα Σαραπίωνος Φανίου. ἀσπάσασθε Στατίαν τὴν θυγατέρα μου
27 καὶ Ἡρ[α]κλείδην καὶ Ἀπίωνα τοὺς υἱούς μου. ἀσπάσασθε τὸν μεικρὸν Σερῆνον καὶ Κοπρέα
28 καὶ το[ὺ]ς ἡμῶν πάντας κατʼ ὄνομα. ἀσπάζονται ὑμᾶς Ἀμάραντος καὶ Ζμάραγδος.
29 ἐρρῶσθαι ὑμᾶς εὔχομαι.

On the verso

30 ἀπόδος Ἀπίωνι υἱῶι καὶ Ὡρίωνι.


3. α της above the line. ϋμε[ι]ν Pap.; 6. νομικω above the line.; 21. αντ εμου above the line.; 22. ον of προνοησον corr. from αι.; 28. ων π corr.
3. καὶ Ὡρίωνι γράφω seems to be a compressed way of saying λέγω καὶ Ὡρίωνι γεγραφέναι.
4. For an example of a διαστολικόν see 516.
5. Βελεη . ( ): above η is what looks more like a rough breathing than any letter.
14. στομάχου[ς]: this use of the word in the metaphorical sense of the Latin stomachus seems to be new.
17. Πα[βέ]ρκη ἀπηλιώτου: sc. τοπαρχίας; cf. 101. 4–5, and for the omission of τοπαρχία 510. 3.
N.E. Barry Hofstetter, M.A., Th.M.
Ph.D. Student U of FL
Instructor of Latin
Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy
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Daniel Semler
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Re: The Weekend Papyrus 6-25-2021

Post by Daniel Semler »

Barry Hofstetter wrote: June 25th, 2021, 8:20 am Nobody bit on the last papyrus, but I'm not one to give up...
I worked through it - I had one comment but I have yet to post it.
So don't give up - I am still following these, at any rate

Thx
D
Barry Hofstetter
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Re: The Weekend Papyrus 6-25-2021

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Daniel Semler wrote: June 25th, 2021, 9:15 am
Barry Hofstetter wrote: June 25th, 2021, 8:20 am Nobody bit on the last papyrus, but I'm not one to give up...
I worked through it - I had one comment but I have yet to post it.
So don't give up - I am still following these, at any rate

Thx
D
Thanks for the encouragement. It's nice to have a papyrus buddy, but we need more! :)
N.E. Barry Hofstetter, M.A., Th.M.
Ph.D. Student U of FL
Instructor of Latin
Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy
καὶ σὺ τὸ σὸν ποιήσεις κἀγὼ τὸ ἐμόν. ἆρον τὸ σὸν καὶ ὕπαγε.
Daniel Semler
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Re: The Weekend Papyrus 6-25-2021

Post by Daniel Semler »

Hi ya,

This one has a lot in it - it’s taking me a while. For reference its P.Oxy 3.533 not P.Oxy 3.353.

Has anyone done a gazateer of these place names or in general, ancient Hellenistic names ? That would be helpful in getting a bit of a feel for where the letters are going. Looks like Trismegistos has some info.

Thx
D
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