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Koine Greek

Σ̣ερουίλιος
Νεμεσίωνι τῷ ἀδελφῷ πλεῖστα χα(ίρειν)
καὶ ὑγιαίνιν
ἅ μοι ἔγραψας ἐπὶ τῇ ἐπιστολῇ πεποίηκα· δέξαι παρὰ Ἰουλίου τοῦ γαμβροῦ μου χάρτας πέντε καὶ κοτύλην καὶ τέταρτον ῥοδίνου Ἰταλικοῦ πρώτου· τῆς κοτύλης ἔδωσα (δραχμὰς) η μετὰ χάριτος καὶ δέξαι παρὰ Ἀντωνίου τοῦ Λεωνίδου στρατιώτου ἐκ σπείρης δακτυλείδιον τεταρ- τῶν δύο· λιθάριον σιλφιν οὐχ εὗρον πρὸς ὃ ἔγραψάς μοι, ἠγοράσθη δὲ (δραχμῶν) β (τριωβόλου) ἐν ᾧ ἐστιν Ἁρποχράτης· ταῦτα δέξαι παρὰ Ἀντωνίου καὶ κανχάλθου ἱμιμναῖο̣ν· δέξαι αὐτὰ ἐσφραγισμένα ὥς μοι γράφις καὶ ὧδε κάνχαλθος οὐχ εὑρίσκεται καὶ σφυρίδιν τραγημάτων καὶ στροβίλους δέκα τοῖς παιδίοις. ὃ ἐὰν χρῄζῃς γράφε καὶ ποιήσωι καὶ σὺ συνγενοῦ μ̣ετὰ Ἰουλίου τοῦ γαμβροῦ μου ἕως λάβητε ἢ τὸν σεῖτον ἢ τὸ ἀργύριον· ἂν λάβῃς τὸν σεῖτον πώλησον αὐτὸ(ν) τῆς οὔσης τειμῆς. ἐπισκοποῦ τὰ παιδία καὶ Θερμουτ̣ις καὶ τοὺς ἐν οἴκῳ πάντας καὶ γράφις μοι περὶ ἀνθρώπω̣ν̣ ὧν οὐκ οἶδα· ἀπῆλθον ἰς τὴν Ἡρακλείδου καὶ οὐχ εὗρόν τι

Latin

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Translation into English

Seruilius
To Nemesion, my brother, many greetings and good health.
What you wrote to me in the letter, I have done; accept from Julius, my son-in-law, five letters and a cup and a quarter of first-rate Italian rose; I gave for the cup (drachmas) and with grace, and accept from Antonius, the soldier of Leonides, a ring of two quarters; I did not find a stone of silphium for what you wrote to me, but it was bought for (drachmas) b (triobolus) in which is Harpochrates; these accept from Antonius and Kanthalos a half-mnaion; accept them sealed as a letter to me, and here Kanthalos is not found, and ten small hammers and whirlers for the children. If you need anything, write and I will do it, and you join with Julius, my son-in-law, until you receive either the grain or the silver; if you receive the grain, sell it for the current price. Look after the children and Thermoutis and all those in the house and letters to me about the people of whom I do not know; I went to Heracleides and found nothing.