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p.bingen.74 IInd century A.D.Alexandria (?), Egypt
Letter from Herais to Lucretias via APIS-papyrus
Letter from Herais to her sister Lucretias about Eros and family news. A private letter from Herais to her "sister" Lucretias, reassuring her that Antonius has not yet been enlisted and reporting that Eros was found under arrest and that Lucretias' brother refused to release him unless he paid what he owed to the orphans. She also asks whether a consignment of purple sent with the sailor Peteesis arrived. It dates to the 2nd century AD, probably from Alexandria. machine translation
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- Letter from Herais to Lucretias APIS-papyrus Alexandria (?), EgyptIInd century A.D.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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Ἡραὶς Λουκρητιάτι τῇ ἀδελφῆι χαίρειν.
πρὸ μὲν παντὸς ὑ̈γιαίνειν σε εὔχομαι μετὰ τῶν
ἀβασκάντων σου τέκνων· ὑ̈γιαίνω δὲ καὶ ἐγὼ μετὰ τῶν
ἐμῶν τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιοῦσα παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Σαράπιδι.
ἀμέριμνος δὲ γίνου περὶ Ἀντωνίου. τὰ μέχρι δὲ
νῦν οὔπω ἐστρατεύσατο. γινώσκειν σε θέλω ὅτι βεβλημένοι εἰσὶν οἱ ἐν τῇ Αἰγύπτῳ διατρίβοντες ἐπὶ τὸν ἐπιστράτηγον. ἐὰν οὖν ἀναβαίνῃς εἰς Ἀντινόου, γράψεις μοι ταχύτερον ἵνα
[…]…έλθω πρὸς σέ. ἐὰν δʼ ἄρα μὴ ὑπάγῃς, πάλιν γράψεις μοι
μὴ διʼ ἀπόρου ὑπάγω ἔνθεν ἐκεῖ. γινώσκε ὅτι ἧκα κάτω
καὶ εὗρον Ἔρωτα κρατούμενον καὶ ἀπῆλθα πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφόν σου. πόσα αὐτὸν ἠρώτησα, καὶ οὐκ ἠθέληκε αὐτὸν ἀπολῦσαι λέγων ὅτι ἐὰν θέλῃ ἀναβῆναι, ἀποφορὰν χορηγήσει τοῖς ὀρφανοῖς. τεταρταίαι, ὅτε ἦλθα εἰς πόλιν, ἦλθε καὶ
Νεφωτίανος. καὶ γράψεις ἡμῖν εἰ ἐκομίσω τὴν πορφύραν παρὰ Πετεησίου τοῦ ναυτικοῦ. ἄσπασαι Λουκρήτιον
καὶ Εὔτυχον καὶ Ἀπφῦν. ἀσπάζεταί
σε Ἀντώνις καὶ Κοπροῦς καὶ Νεφωτιανός.
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ἀπόδος Λουκρητιάτι παρὰ ἩράιδοςTranslations (1)
[recto]
Herais to Lucretias her sister, greeting.
Before all else I pray that you are well together with your children, may the evil eye spare them; I too am well with my family, making obeisance for you before the lord Sarapis.
Do not worry about Antonius. Up to now he has not yet enlisted. I want you to know that those staying in Egypt have been referred (?) to the epistrategos. So if you are going up to Antinoou, write to me quickly so that I may […] come to you. But if you are not going, write to me again, so that I do not travel from here to there without means (?). Know that I went downstream and found Eros under arrest, and I went off to your brother. How often I asked him, and he would not release him, saying that if he wants to go up, he will provide the payment (apophora) to the orphans. On the fourth day, when I came to the city, Nephotianos also came. And write to us whether you received the purple from Peteesis the sailor. Greet Lucretius and Eutychos and Apphys. ⟦And Apollonia. And⟧ Antonis and Kopres and Nephotianos greet you.
[verso]
Deliver to Lucretias from Herais.
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Alexandria
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 78042 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.bingen;;74 tier-1
- HGV-Text 78042 tier-1
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