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Letter from Taus to the strategos Apollonios on his illness. A private letter from Taus, apparently a household servant or slave woman, to Apollonios, strategos of the Apollonopolite Heptakomias nome. She expresses distress at news of his illness, thanks the gods for his safety, and begs him to be reconciled with the household and send for them. Written in the early 2nd century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Τᾶυς Ἀπολλωνίωι τῶι κυρίωι πλεῖστα χαίρειν. πρὸ τῶν ὅλων ἀσπάζομαί σε, δέσποτα, καὶ εὔχομαι πάντοτε περὶ τῆς ὑγιείας σου. ἠγωνίασα, κύριε, οὐ μετρίως, ἵνα ἀκούσω ὅτι ἐνώθρευσας, ἀλλὰ χάρις τοῖς θεοῖς πᾶσι ὅτι σε διαφυλάσσουσι ἀπρόσκοπον. παρακαλῶ σε, κύριε, ἐάν σοι δόξῃ, καὶ πέμψαι ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς, εἰ δὲ μή, ἀποθνήσκομεν ὅτι οὐ βλέπομέν σε καθʼ ἡμέραν. ὤφελον εἰ ἐδυνάμεθα πετᾶσθαι καὶ ἐλθεῖν καὶ προσκυνῆσαί σε· ἀγωνιῶμεν γὰρ μὴ βλέπουσαί σε. ὥστε διαλλάγηθι ἡμεῖν καὶ πέμψον ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς. ἔρρωσο κύριε […] καὶ πάντα ἔχομεν καλῶς. Ἐφεὶπ κδ. [v] Ἀπολλωνίωι στρατηγῶι.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Taus to Apollonios her lord, very many greetings. Before all else I greet you, master, and I pray always for your health. I was in no small anguish, lord, to hear that you had been ill, but thanks be to all the gods that they keep you safe from harm. I beg you, lord, if it seems good to you, to send for us; otherwise we die because we do not see you every day. Would that we could fly and come and do obeisance to you; for we are in anguish not seeing you. So be reconciled with us and send for us. Farewell, lord […] and all is well with us. Epeiph 24. [verso] To Apollonios, strategos.

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Found at Apollonopolites Heptakomias

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