Emporiae, Greek commercial letter

[— — — — — — — — — — — — — —]ο̣[σ— — χαίρεˉ]ν̣ [— — — — — —(?)]
[— — — — — —] ὄ̣[κ]ως ἐν Σαιγάνθηι ἔσηι κἂ̣ν [— — — — — — — — —]
[— — — — —] Ἐ̣μππορίταισιν οὐδ’ ἐπιβα̣[ίνεˉν — — — — — — — — —]
[— — πλέο]νε̣ς̣ ἢ ἔ̣κοσι κοἶνος {= καὶ οἶνος} οὐκ ἐσ θ̣․․․․δ[— — —]
[— — — — —]άνθηι ὂν ὠνῆσθαι Βασπεδ[— —]π[— — — — — — — — —]
[— — — — —]αν ἄρσαν παρακομίσεˉν κἄσ[— —]εν̣ [— — — — — — — —]
[— — — — —]α․ε̣ωνι τί τούτων ποητέον [ἠμῖ]ν [— — — — — — — —]
[— — — — ἐρώ]τα καὶ κέλευε σε Βασπεδ[— —]ελι[— — — — — — — —]
[— — — ἐρέ]σθαι [εἴ] τις ἔστιν ὂς ἔλξει ἐς Δ[— —]οστ[— — — — — —]
[— — — — ἠ]μέτερον· κἂν δύο ωἶσι, δύο προ[έσ]θ[ω — — — — — — —]
[— — — —]μ̣η̣γ̣ος δ’ ἔστω· κἂν αὐτὸς θέλ[ηι — — — — — — — — — —]
[— — — — τὤ]μυ̣συ μετεχέτω· κἂμ μὴ ὀμ̣[ο]ν̣[όηι — — — — — — — —]
[— — μεν]άτω κἀπιστεˉλάτω ὀκόσοˉ ἀν[— — — — — — — — — — — —]
[— — — — —]ν ὢς ἂν δύνηται τάχιστα [— — — — — — — — — — — —]
[— — — κεκ]έλευκα· χαῖρε.

[... orders you] to be in Saiganthe and if [...] to the Emporitans and not to embark (?) [...] more than twenty and not less than (?) [...] that in Saiganthe he has bought a Basped boat- [...] to transport along the coast even [...] which of these things must be done in ..l..eon ... (?) [...] He also asks you to ask Basped - [...] if anyone is towing up to D ... ours (boat?). And if there were two, let him send both [...] but let him be the boss (?) And if he, on his own, wanted [to participate in the marketing] [...] to go halfway , and if I disagree [...] that [...] and that I say by letter how much [I would be willing to do it] ... as soon as I can ... These are my orders. Goodbye.

ca. 500 BCE–ca. 400 BCE

SEG 37, 838 (Greek)

Marco Prins

Empúries, Museu Monogràfic d’Empúries

CC0 1.0 Universal

Emporiae (Ampurias)

Greece

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