Hippolitos' letter : to AkousilaosHippolitosAPISberkeley.apis.646(CU)646p.tebt.2.4080206;2;408p.tebt;2;4081356013560P.Tebt.0408Hippolutos urges Akousilaos, dioiketes, to restrain the generosity of the writer's sons.Margins: top, 2.1 cm.; left, 1.4 cm.; right, 0.7 cm.; bottom, 4.7 cm.; on verso, in black ink: T 239.32nd year of the Emperor Augustus, 15th of the Egyptian month Epeiph.Other letters to Akousilaos are P.Tebt. 0409 and 0462.1377Bancroft Library, Univ. of Calif., BerkeleyGreek1 papyrus ; 23.9 x 8.7 cm.Two strips of gummed paper on verso.18 lines, on recto along the fibers.On verso, along the fibers: address.
Rather irregular cursive, with line going down as they proceed.
9 July 3 A.D.AkousilaosSoterichos
House at Tebtunis T239
APIS keywords are controlled locally at the institution level. They are not necessarily consistent.EnglishGreekWheatGenerosityPrivate letters, Roman PeriodRecto.Verso.
Hippolitos to his dearest Akousilaos, very many greetings. Since you know how I esteem and love you, I entreat you about my sons, not to allow that, out of their regard for Soterichos and his people, wheat be given them. I have written to my beloved Lysimachos also, as well as to you, about the same persons. So do not act otherwise. And do you too write about anything you wish for, and for the rest take care of your health. Goodbye. The 32nd year of Caesar, Epeiph 15. (addressed on the verso) To Akousilaos, dioiketes.
P.Tebt., II.408; Olsson, Papyrusbriefe, no. 12; J.L. White, Light from Ancient Letters, no. 73. On Verso see BL v. 9, p. 356.P.Tebt.:2:408