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p.freib.4.57 I - II
Private Letter via HGV-meta
Letter from Demetris to Gaius. Fragmentary private letter from Demetris to Gaius, opening with the usual greeting formulas. Only scattered words survive, including a possible reference to teaching and to going out before everyone enters. Dated to the 1st or 2nd century AD. machine translation
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 24902.
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- Private Letter HGV-meta unbekanntI - II
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r,ctr]
Δημῆτρις Γαίῳ τῷ …[…]
χαίρειν[…]
πρὸ μὲν πάντων ἀναγκαῖον ἡγησάμην διʼ ἐπιστολῆς προσαγορεῦσαί σε. γινώσκειν σε θέλω[…]
εντυρη τιμη[…]
γραστίζω δε[…]
…ας…ατα[…]
σοι ν…[…]
οις καὶ ψ[…]
δε…μο…[…]
…αντ[…]
σι…ε…[…]
[… ? lines lost …]
[r,ms]
ἀπέναντί μου ……
διδασκαλικ…[…]…[…]
…[…]…[…]
[v]
καὶ …ψ……[…]
ἵνα προέλθω η…ερον…[…]
πρὶν πάντες εἰσέλθωσι …[…]Translations (1)
[recto, centre]
Demetris to Gaius the […], greetings […]
Before all else I considered it necessary to greet you by letter. I want you to know […]
[…] honour (?) […]
I pasture (?) […]
[…]
to you […]
[…] and […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[… lines lost …]
[recto, margin]
opposite me […]
teaching (?) […]
[…]
[verso]
and […]
so that I may go out […]
before all enter […]
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 24902 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.freib;4;57 tier-1
- HGV-Text 24902 tier-1
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