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p.lund.2.4 III
Hermapollon to his mother Eus via APIS-papyrus
Letter from Hermapollon to his mother Eus. A private letter from Hermapollon to his mother Eus, complaining that he has written many times asking her to come up and visit him, and asking her at least to write about her health if she cannot come. He closes with greetings to many relatives, including his brother Anoubion and his father Melas. It dates to the 3rd century AD; its provenance is unknown. machine translation
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TM 31250.
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- Hermapollon to his mother Eus APIS-papyrus Provenance unknown3rd century A. D.
- Hermapollon an seine Mutter Eus HGV-meta unbekanntIII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
κυρίᾳ μου μητρὶ Εὖτι Ἑρμαπόλλων πλεῖστα χαίρειν.
πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαι
τῷ θεῷ περὶ τῆς σῆς
ὁλοκληρίας ὑγιαίνουσαν
ἀπολαβεῖν. καὶ ἅπαξ
καὶ δεύτερον καὶ πολλάκις
ἔγραψά σοι διὰ πολλῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἵνα σε
ἀναβῆναι πρὸς ἐμὲ καὶ προσκυνήσω σοι τὸ καλόν σου
πρόσωπον. εἰ μὲν οὖν
βούλῃ ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ἐμὲ
…ιλο…, ὅτι κατάλαβέ με
ἐν τῇ ἀναβάσει· εἰ δὲ μή γε
ἀντίγραψον μοι περὶ τῆς
σῆς ὁλοκληρίας, ἵνα
εὐθυμήσω ἐνταῦθα.
οἶδας δὲ καὶ ἂν μὴ γράφω
ὅτι οὐδένα ἔχω εἰ μὴ
σὲ τὴν γλυκυτάτην μου
μητέρα. ἀσπάζομαι
πολλὰ τὴν ἀδελφήν σου
Τινούτιον σὺν τῷ ἀνδρὶ
καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις καὶ
Σαραπιάδα σὺν τῷ ἀνδρὶ
καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις καὶ[…]
δα… σὺν τῷ ἀνδρὶ καὶ τῷ πατρὶ καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις καὶ …
… καὶ Ἀνουβίωνα τὸν
ἀδελφόν μου καὶ Μέλανα τὸν
πατέρα μου καὶ τοὺς υἱεῖς Κα…… καὶ Δ…κιφον.
ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι.Translations (1)
To my lady mother Eus, Hermapollon, very many greetings.
Before all else I pray to the god concerning your well-being, that I may receive you back in good health. Once and twice and many times I have written to you through many people, so that you would come up to me and I might do obeisance to your fair face. If then you wish to come to me, […], come and find me at the time of the going up (?); but if not, write back to me about your well-being, so that I may be of good cheer here. You know, even if I do not write it, that I have no one except you, my sweetest mother. I greet warmly your sister Tinoution with her husband and children, and Sarapias with her husband and children, and […] with her husband and her father and children and […], and Anoubion my brother and Melas my father and the sons Ka[…] and D[…]kiphos.
I pray for your health.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 31250 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.lund;2;4 tier-1
- HGV-Text 31250 tier-1
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