Lucius Bellenus Gemellus Λούκιος Βελλῆνος Γέμελλος
farm owner · the Fayum, Roman Egypt · 1st–2nd century
An old man who farmed in the Fayum in Egypt after leaving the Roman army. At about seventy he left a number of letters ordering his son and his workers about the farm. His spelling is shaky.
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AD 100 · 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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