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p.alex.giss.40 Apollonopolites Heptakomias

Affectionate letter to Apollonios the strategos. Fragmentary private letter addressed to Apollonios, strategos of the Apollonopolite Heptakomias nome. The writer says that receiving Apollonios' letters is like having homeland, friends and all that is dearest, and mentions the kindness of a certain Ptolemaios. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] [… ? lines lost …] […]…αρ[…]εν […]…[…]οὐκ ὁμοίως τὸν παρ[…]…ν ἄλλον καὶ ἀποντ[…]…σε ως πε[…]ε[…]ς ἐκ τῶν γραμμάτων σου ἅπερ λαμβάνων καὶ πατρίδα καὶ φίλους καὶ πάντα τὰ τιμιώτατα ἀπέχω…[…]…ε… μω οὖν τοῦτο διὰ τη…αλον με εὐθυμότερον ποιήσειν ἐκ τῆς Πτολεμαίου φιλανθρωπίας μᾶλλον ἀντιλαμβάνων ὧν ὀφείλω σοι ἀναλογ[…] οὔτε ἡσθεὶς οὔτε συνκρ[…] εις δυνήσεται. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι φίλτατε μετὰ τῶν ἀβασκάντων …[…] ……[…]…[…] [v] Ἀπολλωνίωι στρατηγῶι

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] […] […] […] […] […] not in the same way the […] other and absent (?) […] […] from your letters, which, when I receive them, I have my homeland and friends and all that is most precious […] […] therefore this […] will make me more cheerful, from the kindness of Ptolemaios rather receiving what I owe you proportionately (?) […] neither pleased nor […] […] will be able. I pray for your health, dearest, [with your] children, may the evil eye spare them, […] […] [verso] To Apollonios, strategos.

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Found at Apollonopolites Heptakomias

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