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Fragments of a Private Letter via HGV-meta

Letter from Samoun to his father Tithoes. Fragmentary private letter from Samoun to his father Tithoes, sending greetings to family members, complaining of receiving no letters, and mentioning a solidus, an inheritance matter, and a son placed in a monastery to learn linen-weaving. Written in Kellis in the Dakhla Oasis in the 4th century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[fragment 1] [r] τῶι κυρίωι μου πατρὶ Τιθοῆτι Σαμοῦν χαίρειν. πρὸ παντὸς πολλά σε ἀσπάζομαι εὐχόμενός σε διὰ παντὸς ὁλοκληρεῖν. ἀσπάζομαι τὴν κυρίαν μου μητέρα καὶ τὴν κυρίαν μου ἀδελφὴν Τσενπαμοῦν μετὰ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτῆς. ἀσπάζομαι τὴν κυρίαν μου γυναῖκα μετὰ τῶν κυρίων μου υἱῶν. ποσάκις σοι ἐδήλωσα περί τῶν ὁλο[…]ων καὶ οὐδεμίαν ἐπιστολὴν[…]…[…] [… ? lines lost …] [fragment 2] [… ? lines lost …] […]ὁλονομισμάτιον […]… ἀντίγραψόν μοι διὰ πιστοῦ ἀνθρώπου …αλω […]…σης τῶν υἱῶν. Καθὼς ἐδήλωσά σοι περὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ […]βαλε εἰς τὸ μοναστήριον ὅπουδιδάσκει αὐτὸν λινοϋφικήν. ἀσπάζομαι τὸν ἀδελφὸν […]…ν καὶ τὴν ἀδελφὴν … [… ? lines lost …] [fragment 3] [… ? lines lost …] […]πεπι…[…] […]… μοι μέρος πα[…] […]ουσαν ἐτῶν πεντ[…] […]κληρονόμους […] […] τούτου τοῦ ε…[…] […]… δικαίου …λη[…] [… ? lines lost …] [fragment 4] [… ? lines lost …] ἐποιης…[…] ω ἵνα ἴδω τὸν Ἱλαρι[…] τις. ἀσπάζομαι Θατμε[…]μετὰ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτῆς καὶ τὴν ἀδελφὴν[…] ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι, πάτερ, πολλοῖς χρόνοις. [fragment 1] [v] τῶι κυρίωι μου Τιθοῆτι πατρὶ Σαμοῦν

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[fragment 1] [recto] To my lord father Tithoes, Samoun, greetings. Before all else I greet you warmly, praying that you are always in good health. I greet my lady mother and my lady sister Tsenpamoun with her sons. I greet my lady wife with my lord sons. How often have I informed you about the […] and not a single letter […] […] [fragment 2] […] […] a solidus […] write back to me through a trustworthy person […] of the sons. As I told you about the son […] put (?) into the monastery where he is teaching him linen-weaving. I greet my brother […] and my sister […] […] [fragment 3] […] […] to me a share […] of five (?) years […] heirs […] of this […] of the just (?) […] […] [fragment 4] […] you made […] so that I may see Hilari[…] […]. I greet Thatme[…] with her sons and my sister […]. I pray for your health, father, for many years. [fragment 1] [verso] To my lord Tithoes, father, Samoun.

Connections

Found at Kellis (Oasis Magna)

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