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p.ifao.2.40 III
Lettre de Souerous à Sarapion et Chairemon via HGV-meta
Letter from Soueros to her sons Sarapion and Chairemon about seals. A private letter from a mother, Soueros, to her sons Sarapion and Chairemon, sending a seal and four small seals they had asked for and urging them to write promptly about their health. It dates to the 3rd century AD. machine translation
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TM 30353.
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- Lettre de Souerous à Sarapion et Chairemon HGV-meta unbekanntIII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
Σουηροῦς Σαραπίωνι
καὶ Χαιρήμωνι τοῖς κυρίοις
καὶ υἱοῖς πολλὰ χαίρειν.
πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαι ὑμᾶς
ὑγιαίνειν καὶ διὰ παντὸς ἐρρῶσθαι σὺν τῷ ἀδελφῷ ὑμῶν.
κόμισαι παρὰ τοῦ ἀναδιδόνντος
σοι τὸ ἐπιστόλιον τὴν
σφραγῖδα ὡς ἔγραψας καὶ σφραγίδια δ ὡς ἔγραψας. ἄσπαζε τοὺς
φιλοῦντας ἡμᾶς πάντας κατʼ ὄνομα. παρακαλῶ ὑμᾶς ὑπὸ χεῖρα
μοι γράψαι περὶ τῆς ὑγιείας ὑμῶν.
ἐγὼ γὰρ δυσκόλως εὑρίσκω εἴ
τίς μοι γράψῃ. ἔρρωσο.
[v]
[…]ἀπόδος Σαραπίωνι Χαιρήμωνι ἀπὸ Σουηροῦτος μητρὸς.Translations (1)
[recto]
Soueros to Sarapion and Chairemon, her lords and sons, very many greetings.
Before all else I pray that you are healthy and always strong, together with your brother.
Receive from the one delivering the little letter to you the seal, as you wrote, and 4 small seals, as you wrote. Greet all those who love us, each by name. I urge you to write to me promptly about your health. For I find it hard to find anyone who will write for me. Farewell.
[verso]
[…] Deliver to Sarapion (and) Chairemon from Soueros, their mother.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 30353 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.ifao;2;40 tier-1
- HGV-Text 30353 tier-1
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