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basp.49.83 IIIPannonien ?

Letter from a Soldier in Pannonia via HGV-meta

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Αὐρήλιος Πωλίων στρατιώτης λεγιῶνος β βοηθοῦ ‧ Ἥρωνι τῷ ἀδελφῷ καὶ Πλουτου τῇ ἀδελφῇ καὶ μητρὶ […]… Σεινουφει τῇ ἀρτοπώλιδι καὶ κυρίᾳ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. εὔχομαι ὑμᾶς ὑγιαίνειν νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας, καὶ τὸ προσκύνημα ὑμῶν πάντοτε ποιῶ παρὰ πᾶσι τοῖς θεοῖς. ἐγὼ δὲ γράφων οὐκ ἀναπαύομαι ὑμῖν. ὑμεῖς δὲ κατὰ νοῦν με οὐχ ἔχετε. ἀλλὰ ἐγὼ τὸ ὑμῖν ποιῶ γράφων εἱμεῖν πάντοτε, καὶ οὐκ ἀναπαύομαι ὑμᾶς φέρων καὶ κατὰ ψυχὴν ἔχων ὑμᾶς. ἀλλ’ οὐδέποτέ μοι ἐγράψατε περὶ τῆς ὑμετέρας‧ σωτηρίας πῶς ἔχετε. ἐγὼ δὲ μεριμνῶ περὶ ὑμῶν ὅτι λαβόντες ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ γράμματα πολλάκις οὐδέποτέ μοι ἀντεγράψατε ἵνα εἰδῶ πῶς ὑμᾶς […]…ωπ …[…]…[…]… ἀπὼν ἐν τῇ Παννονίᾳ ἔπεμψα πρὸς ὑμᾶς. ὑμεῖς δὲ οὕτως με ἔχετε ὡς ξένον α…[…]… ἐξελθόντα, καὶ χαίρετε ὅ …ε ι…σ… στρατίαν. ἐγὼ δὲ ὑμῖν …[…]ειν οὐκ ἐ…οι …[…]…πεια τις εἰς τὴν στρατίαν, ἀλλὰ μετενο……ω…ου ἐξῆλθα ἀφ’ ὑμῶν. ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπιστολὰς ὑμῖν ἔγραψα ἕξ‧ ἰδέ ὑμεῖς με κατὰ νοῦ[…]… λήψομαι κομμεᾶτον παρὰ τοῦ ὑπατικοῦ, καὶ ἐλεύσομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἵνα εἰδῆτε ἐμὲ εἶναι ἀδελφὸν ὑμῶν. ἐγὼ γὰρ οὐδὲν ἀφ’ ὑμῶν […]…τησα εἰς τὴν στρατίαν. ἀλλὰ λογίζομαι ὑμῖν ὅτι ἐμοῦ ὑμῖν γράφοντος ὑμῶν οὐδεὶς …[…]…ν λόγον ἔχει. ἰδέ γείτων η…ην ὑμῶν ἐμὲ ἀδελφὸν ὑμῶν. καὶ ὑμεῖς μοι ἀντιγράψατε …ης μοι γράψαι τις ἐὰν ὑμῶν τὴν ἐπε[…]…εις αὐτοῦ μοι πέμψατε. ἄσπασαι τὸν π[…] Ἀφροδίσιον καὶ Ἀτήσιον […]ουτειον …[…]…ειν τὴν θυγατέρα αὐτοῦ […]…ε…[…]… καὶ τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς καὶ Ὀρσινουφειν καὶ τοὺς ὑιούς τῆς ἀδελφῆς τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ Ξενοφῶντα καὶ Ουηνοφε τὸν καὶ προ …[…]… του Αὐρηλίους […]…[…]…φειν την φει[…]…δ[…] [… ? lines lost …] […]υ[…]ε[…] τὴν ἐπιστολὴν […] …δοτ… [v] …[…]ειν τεπ… τοῖς υἱοῖς καὶ Σεινυφει τῇ ἀρτοπωλίσσᾳ …συνγωνε[…] …οπ… Πωλίωνος στρατιώτου λεγιῶνος β βοηθοῦ […]…[…] […]…[…]…υ…[…]…ει…[…]…[…]…[…] …[…]…ψ…[…]…[…]…θ…[…]… […] […] τῆς Παννονίας τῆς κάτω […]…[…]…[…] ἀπόδος Ἀκουτονε Λεων οὐετρανῷ λεγιῶνος […] Αὐρηλίου Πωλίωνος‧ στρατιώτου λεγιῶνος β βοηθοῦ ἵνα πέμψῃ εἰς πατρίδα […].

Translations (1)

EN AI · OpenAI gpt-4o-2024-08-06
Aurelius Paulion, soldier of the Second Legion of Auxiliaries, greetings to his brother Heron and sister Plouto and mother Seinouphi, the bread vendor and mistress. I wish you to be healthy night and day, and I perform your supplication before all the gods. As for me, I do not cease writing to you. But you do not have me in mind. Nevertheless, I do my duty to you by writing always, and I do not cease to bring and keep you in my heart. But you never wrote to me about your well-being, how you are. I am concerned for you because you have received many letters from me and never wrote back, so I may know how you are while I am away in Pannonia. You hold me thus as a stranger who has left, and rejoice when I am in the army. Yet, I have not undergone any initiation into the army, but I regret having left you. I have written you six letters; and I hope you will take it into account and receive a letter from the governor, and I will come to you so you may know me to be your brother. For I didn't leave you for the army, but I reckon that as I am writing to you, none of you regards my word. But the neighbor sees me as your brother. And you write to me and respond to my writing, if any of you should come to this place, send back to me. Greet Aphrodisios and Atemisian and his daughter and her husband and Orsinouphis and the sons of his mother's sister Xenophon and [Uenoph] and even [Aurelious], give this letter to the sons and Seinouphi the bread vendor, relatives of Paulion the soldier of the Second Legion of Auxiliaries of Lower Pannonia. [sign-name vocab without semantic narrative not provided in the content]

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