Irenaeus Εἰρηναῖος
sailor on a grain ship · Roman Egypt · Rome · 2nd–3rd century
A man who worked on one of the ships that carried Egypt's grain to Rome. On reaching Rome he wrote to his brother Apolinarius at home.
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2nd–3rd century · From a man on one of the ships that carried Egypt's grain to Rome, to his brother Apolinarius at home. The spelling is as it stands on the papyrus.
I want you to know that I reached land on the 6th of the month Epeiph, and we finished unloading on the 18th of the same month. I went up to Rome on the 25th, and the place received us as the god willed. Every day we are waiting for our discharge; up to today not one of those who came with the grain has been released.
γινώσσκειν σε θέλω ὅτει εἰς γῆν ἐλήλυθα τῇ ϛ τοῦ Ἐπεὶφ μηνὸς καὶ ἐξεκενώσαμεν τῇ ιη τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνός. ἀνέβην δὲ εἰς Ῥώμην τῇ κε τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνὸς καὶ παρεδέξατο ἡμᾶς ὁ τόπος ὡς ὁ θεὸς ἤθελεν, καὶ καθʼ ἡμέραν προσδεχόμ[ε]θα διμισσωρίαν ὥστε ἕως σήμερον μηδέναν ἀπολελύσθαι τῶν μετὰ σίτου.
Berlin Papyri I 27 (BGU I 27)
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