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Entwurf eines Briefes einer Tochter an ihre Mutter via HGV-meta

Draft letter from Asklepias to her mother. Draft of a private letter from a daughter, Asklepias, to her mother, with the usual health greetings for the family. The damaged remainder mentions sealed items, a fine little chest she has handed over, a certain Asklas and someone named Ariston, and asks the mother to reply if she agrees. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[A] Ἀσκληπιὰς τῇ µητρὶ χαίρειν. εἰ ἔρρωσαι µετὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν καὶ τῶν ἐν οἴκωι, εἴη ἂν ὡς εὔχοµαι καὶ αὐτὴ δὲ καὶ ὁ πατὴρ καὶ ὁ ἀδελφὸς καὶ τὰ […] ὑγιαίνοµεν[…] [… ? lines lost …] [B] [… ? lines lost …] […]… […]…α …[…] εσφραγισµέντω[…] λιωι καὶ υλιον[…] κύβια ι κωσ…ε[…] ἐπισκε… Ἀσκλᾶν καὶ ὑπόδειξον ὅτι ἐγδέδωκα αὐτῆι ῥισκίον καλόν. [C] φισα…[…] …εωσ…[…] περὶ τοῦ […]…ρ…ου … τοῦ Ἀρίστωνος καὶ ἐὰν εὐδοκῇς αὐτῶι σήµηνον ὅπως συ…[…] [… ? lines lost …]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[A] Asklepias to her mother, greeting. If you are well together with my brothers and sisters and those in the household, it would be as I pray; I myself too, and my father and my brother and the [...] are in good health [...] [... lines lost ...] [B] [... lines lost ...] [...] [...] [...] sealed [...] and [...] 10 cubes (?) [...] look after (?) [...] Asklas, and point out that I have handed over to her a fine little chest. [C] [...] [...] concerning the [...] [...] of Ariston and if you agree with him, let me know so that [...] [... lines lost ...]

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