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Letter to Nemesion and His Sons Apion and Herakleios via HGV-meta
Letter to Nemesion and his sons Apion and Herakleios about a visit. Private letter from a son to his father Nemesion and his brothers Apion and Herakleios, giving instructions about dealings with a certain Serenos and announcing that he will visit them by the 20th or 25th of Mesore before travelling to the Lykopolite nome. It dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD. machine translation
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- Letter to Nemesion and His Sons Apion and Herakleios HGV-meta unbekanntII - III
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Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[FrA]
[…]ν Νεμεσίωνι τῷ πατρὶ
καὶ Ἀπίωνι καὶ Ἡρακλείῳ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς χαίρειν.
[…]…αμη… υ[…]α γράμματα
[…]ισε[…]…εμι…[…]ν
[… ? lines lost …]
[FrB]
διʼ ἣν αἰτίαν […]…[…]μεν
ην παρά σοι πράσσων ὁ Σερῆνος
μὴ προσποιηθῇς αὐτῷ ἔστʼ ἂν αὐτός
σοι δῷ· εἰ δὲ πρὸς ἀποδημίαν ἐστίν,
προσποιήθητι αὐτῷ καὶ μάθε τί ἐστιν
ὃ λέγει· περὶ πάντων ἀντιγράψον.
ἐρρῶσθαι ὑμᾶς εὔχομαι.
μετὰ τὰς ἡμέρας καὶ μετὰ τὸ ἀνελθεῖν με ἀπὸ τοῦ νομοῦ, σήμερον γάρ, ἥτις
ἐστὶν λ, ἐξέρχομαι εἰς τὸν νομόν, πάντως πρὸς τὴν κ τοῦ Μεσορὴ γείνομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς, πρὶν τοῦ εἰς τὸν Λυκοπολίτην με ἀναδραμεῖν· πολλὰ γάρ με προετρέψατο ὁ φίλος· πάντως
οὖν ἔρχομαι εἰς Ἡρακλέους· πρὸς τὴν
κ τοῦ Μεσορὴ ἢ κε προσδοκᾶτέ με.
τὴν μητέρα, τὰς ἀδελφάς, τὰ παιδία,
πάντας τοὺς φιλοῦντάς με ἀσπάζου
[…]ρε…Translations (1)
[Fragment A]
[…] to Nemesion his father [and] to Apion and Herakleios his brothers, greetings.
[…] letter(s) […]
[…]
[… lines lost …]
[Fragment B]
for which reason […]
[…] Serenos, doing business with you, ⟦…⟧ do not acknowledge him until he himself gives it to you; but if he is about to go abroad, acknowledge him and learn what it is that he says. Write back about everything.
I pray for your health.
⟦Now they say …⟧
After the days and after I have come up from the nome, for today, which is the 30th, I am going out into the nome, I will certainly be with you by the 20th of Mesore, before I hurry off to the Lykopolite nome; for my friend urged me strongly. So I am certainly coming to Herakleous (?); expect me by the 20th or 25th of Mesore.
Greet my mother, my sisters, the children, and all who love me.
[…]
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 27545 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.david;;16 tier-1
- HGV-Text 27545 tier-1
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