Thais Θαΐς

Elmeshu

c. 18th–17th century BC · Babylonia

thou, my father, didst say, “When I shall go to Dûr-Ammi-zadûga, which is on the River Sharḳu, I will forward a sheep and five minas of silver, in a little while, to thee.” This thou saidest, my father, and my expectation was from my father. But thou hast not sent

A letter on a clay tablet · in place of the original: the English translation by C. H. W. Johns (1904)

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Zimri-eraḫ

c. 18th–17th century BC · Babylonia · The second half of a letter from a son living away from home to his father. It opens by asking after his father's health.

I am located at Dûr-Sin on the canal Kashtim-sikirim. There is no meat fit to eat. Now I have made them bring two-thirds of a shekel of silver to thee. For this money send some nice fish and something to eat.

An Old Babylonian letter on a clay tablet · in C. H. W. Johns, Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters (1904) · in place of the original: the English translation by C. H. W. Johns (1904)

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Lucius Bellenus Gemellus Λούκιος Βελλῆνος Γέμελλος

AD 100 · the Fayum, Roman Egypt · The end of a letter to his son Sabinus. Earlier he orders a man sent to thin out the trees in an olive grove. The letter does not say who Gemella was. The spelling is as written.

And send the fish on the 24th or 25th for Gemella's birthday. So do not talk nonsense about your threshing.

καὶ τὴν εἰκθυὶν πέμσις τῆι κδ εἲ κε εἰς τὰ γενέσια Γεμέλλης. μὴ ὀ͂ν ληρήσῃς τὸν ἐκτιναγμόν σου.

Fayum Papyri 114 (P.Fay. 114)

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