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Letter of Ptolema to her Mother Chenatymis via HGV-meta

Letter of Ptolema to her mother Chenatymis announcing her manumission. A private letter from a woman named Ptolema to her mother Chenatymis, reporting that her father (perhaps her master or patron) has freed her and asking her mother to thank him. She also mentions food received and sent, and asks whether her sister has given birth and whether the baby is a boy or a girl. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Πτολέμα Χενατύμι τῇ μητρὶ χαίρειν. πρὸ τῶν ὅλων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν καὶ ἀσπάζομαι. γινώσκειν σε θέλω, εὐχαριστῶ μου τὸν πατέρα ὅσα ἐπʼ εὐπρέπειαν τῶν ἀνθρώπων πρεπόντως αὐτῷ καὶ τῇ τύχῃ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ ὅλου, καὶ τὸ προσκύνημα τῆς κυρίας Ἴσιδος. ἴσθι ἐλευθέραν με ἐποίησεν, ὅθεν καὶ σὺ εὐχαρίστησον αὐτῷ λίαν. ἐκομισάμην καθάρια γ καὶ ὀψάριον παρὰ Ὀννώφριος τοῦ ἀπὸ Ψύα. κόμισαι ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος παρὰ Ἀχιλλήτου Πτολλαρίωνος [r,ms] … ζυμίτας ἄρτους δ. ἄσπασον … τὴν ἀδελφήν μοι καὶ … … δήλωσόν μοι ἐὰν τέτοκε καὶ τί ἐστιν τὸ γεννώμενον. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι. Τῦβι κα. [v] ἀπὸ Πτολέμας ἀπόδος Χενατύμι τῇ μητρί

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Ptolema to Chenatymis her mother, greetings. Before all else I pray that you are well, and I greet you. I want you to know that I am grateful to my father for all the things he has done for my standing among people, as befits him and the fortune of his whole house, and I make the act of worship (proskynema) before the lady Isis. Know that he has made me free, so you too must thank him very much. I received 3 katharia loaves and a little fish from Onnophris from Psya. For the present, receive from Achilles son of Ptollarion [margin] […] 4 leavened loaves. Greet […] my sister and […] […] Let me know whether she has given birth and what the child is. I pray for your health. Tybi 21. [back] From Ptolema. Deliver to Chenatymis her mother.

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