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<p>[QUOTE="Nathan B., post: 4540007, member: 112852"]Did you ever wonder what those ancient Ptolemies, the millionaire rulers of Ancient Egypt, dreamed about? I got this little jewel from John Melville-Jones' book <i>Testimonia Numaria</i> (vol. 1), which I managed to borrow a while ago. It's a recorded dream of Ptolemy VI Philometer. (Note for non-ancient-coin readers: chalkoi were the lowest denomination bronze coins.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The dream of</p><p>Ptolemaeus on the</p><p>15th of Pachon.</p><p>There stood by</p><p>me two men,</p><p>saying to me,</p><p>‘Ptolemaeus,</p><p>take the chalkoi</p><p>of the blood.’ They</p><p>count out to me 100 chalkoi,</p><p>and to my twin sister</p><p>Tages (they give) a purse</p><p>full of chalkoi, to the value of</p><p>a stater. They say to her,</p><p>‘Behold, the chalkoi</p><p>of the blood.’ I said to them,</p><p>‘She has more chalkoi than I.’</p><p><br /></p><p>When I got to that last line, I laughed my head off! ;-D[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Nathan B., post: 4540007, member: 112852"]Did you ever wonder what those ancient Ptolemies, the millionaire rulers of Ancient Egypt, dreamed about? I got this little jewel from John Melville-Jones' book [I]Testimonia Numaria[/I] (vol. 1), which I managed to borrow a while ago. It's a recorded dream of Ptolemy VI Philometer. (Note for non-ancient-coin readers: chalkoi were the lowest denomination bronze coins.) The dream of Ptolemaeus on the 15th of Pachon. There stood by me two men, saying to me, ‘Ptolemaeus, take the chalkoi of the blood.’ They count out to me 100 chalkoi, and to my twin sister Tages (they give) a purse full of chalkoi, to the value of a stater. They say to her, ‘Behold, the chalkoi of the blood.’ I said to them, ‘She has more chalkoi than I.’ When I got to that last line, I laughed my head off! ;-D[/QUOTE]
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