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p.ifao.2.39 IV - V

Fragment de lettre via HGV-meta

Fragment of a letter with greetings to Didymos and his family. Fragment of a private letter of the 4th or 5th century AD, with remains of instructions (mentioning a beam and small snails or shells) followed by greetings to Didymos, his wife, his son Severus, Horionas, Talas, Valerius, Theodoros and others, with greetings from Pathemous. machine translation

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Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 32628. Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

προσεστ[…] ἀφεῖναι ὅτι ἄλλα τρία φρητε ολ[…] δοκὸν[…]αρ…δ……[…] πᾶν ποίησον ερθι προσεγνῶναι πραίσιτι κοχλιδία. Δίδυμον ἀσπάζομαι καὶ τὴν σύμβιόν σου καὶ τὸν υἱόν σου Σεουῆρον αρκω[…]η Ἄριλλα […] καν καὶ Ὡριωνᾶς καὶ τὴν σύμβιόν σου καὶ Ταλᾶς …[…] παιδία καὶ Οὐαλέριον. ἀσπάζεταί σε Παθεμοῦ τι ἡμᾶς ἐρρῶσθαι ἀσπάζομαι Θεόδωρον. πᾶν ποίησον τὸν ἀδελφὸν δ…φη δουλι…ν…[…]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[…] to let go (?), because another three […] […] a beam […] Do everything to […] to come and recognize (?) […] (?) small snails (?). I greet Didymos and your wife and your son Severus […] Arilla […] […] and Horionas and your wife and Talas […] the children and Valerius. Pathemous greets you. […] that we are well. I greet Theodoros. Do everything (to make?) the brother […] […] slave (?) […]

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