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Letter from Philammon to his sister Tekose about his property and affairs. A private letter from Philammon, apparently in some trouble or detention away from home, to his sister Tekose at Kellis in the Dakhla Oasis, early 4th century AD. He reproaches her for not writing, asks her to look after his leased property, estimate the olive crop, sell oil and a foal and send the money, send his clothes, and care for his mother. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Φιλάμμων Τεκοσε τῇ ἀδελφῇ μου πολλὰ χαίρειν. θαυμάζω πῶς οὐκ ἔγραψάς μοι μίαν ἐπιστολὴν περὶ οὐδενὸς ἁπλῶς. ἔγραψά σοι πρὸ τούτου ὅτι· τήρησον τὸν τόπον μου ὅς ἐστιν ἐπὶ μισθῷ ὤν. τοίνυν οὖν καλῶς ποιήσεις λάβε ἀνθρώπους καὶ εἴκασον τὰς ἐλαίας. ἐὰν δὲ ὁ θεὸς κελεύει σʼ ἀπολῦσαι ἡμᾶς καὶ ζήσωμεν, ἐγὼ πληρώσω σοι τὴν χάριν σου, ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ὁ θεός, δίδωμί σοι τὴν χάριν. πάντως γὰρ καὶ σὺ ἤκουσας ἃ περὶ ἡμῶν ἐγένετο ἐνθάδε. ἁπλῶς δὲ περὶ πάντων πιστεύσω σοι τὸν ἐμὸν τόπον, ἵνα τηρήσῃς σὺ αὐτόν. καὶ τὸ μικκὸν ἐλάδιον ἐὰν ἄγῃς παρὰ σέ, πώλησον αὐτὸ καὶ ταχέως πέμψῃς τὴν τιμὴν διὰ πιστοῦ ἀνθρώπου, ἐπεὶ χρείαν αὐτοῦ ἔχω ἐνθάδε, ὅτι πολλὰ ζημία μοι ἐδόθη ἐνθάδε. καὶ τὸν πῶλον, πώλησον αὐτὸν καὶ πέμψῃς τὴν τιμήν. θαυμάζω δέ· ἔγραψά σοι ὅτι· πέμψῃς τὸ μαφόρτιόν μου καὶ τὸ χιτώνιον, καὶ οὐκ ἐμέλησέ σοι· πέμψῃς μοι. οἶδες καὶ σὺ ὅτι ἐγὼ μνημονεύω. διὰ τί καὶ ἡμᾶς οὐκ ἐμνημόνευες, ἀλλὰ λήθαργὸς σύ; ἀσπάζομαι τὸν υἱόν σου Ψάιν καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ. ἀσπάζομαι Χῶλον, ἀσπάζομαι Ἀμμώνιον. [v] τοίνυν οὖν βλέπῃς τὴν μητέρα μου. ὅσα ἔχεις μοι, τήρησον αὐτὴν ὅτι οὔπω ἔμαθε τὰ περὶ ἡμῶν ἐνθάδε. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοις. Τεκοσε ἀδελφῇ μου παρὰ Φιλάμμωνος

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Philammon to Tekose, my sister, many greetings. I am surprised that you have not written me a single letter about anything at all. I wrote to you before this: 'Look after my place, which is on lease.' So now you will do well to take men and estimate the olives. If God orders you to release us and we live, I will repay you your favour; but if God does not, I give you the favour. For surely you too have heard what happened to us here. In short, concerning everything I will entrust my place to you, so that you look after it. And the little bit of oil, if you bring it to your house, sell it and quickly send the price through a trustworthy man, since I have need of it here, because much loss has been inflicted on me here. And the foal, sell it and send the price. I am surprised: I wrote to you, 'Send my mafortion and the tunic,' and you did not care; send them to me. You too know that I remember. Why did you not remember us too, but are forgetful? I greet your son Psais and his brothers. I greet Cholos, I greet Ammonios. [verso] So now look after my mother. As much as you owe me, look after her, because she has not yet learned what has happened to us here. I pray for your health for many years. To Tekose my sister, from Philammon

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Found at Kellis (Oasis Magna)

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