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Letter from Ptolemaeus via HGV-meta

Letter from Ptolemaios to his 'father' Apollonios. A private letter of the 2nd century AD from Ptolemaios to Apollonios, whom he calls 'father', urging him to write often as a sign of affection and to say when he plans to sail upriver. He mentions his obeisance before Sarapis and exchanges greetings with family members including Aria and Serenos. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Πτολεμαῖος Ἀπολλωνίωι πατρὶ χαίρειν. ἵνα μὴ ὀκνήσῃς ἀποστεῖλαι αὐτὸς πρ…ηκον…… ἐρχομένου ἐκ Πήου παρʼ ὑμᾶς· διʼ ὅπερ παρακληθεὶς γράφε μοι συνεχῶς ἵνα διαγνῶ σε οὕτως με ἠγαπηκότα, ἐπεὶ τῷ μὴ γράφειν μοι ἔσται σημεῖον τοῦ δηλοῦν μου ἀμνημονεῖν τὸ προσκύνημά μου ποιεῖν παρὰ τῶι κυρίωι Σαράπιδι. καὶ πότε ἀναπλεῖν μέλλετε δηλώσατέ μοι, ἐπεὶ ἐπὶ τῇ η τοῦ Μεχεὶρ …μα… ἀσπάζεταί σε ὁ πατήρ μου καὶ Σαραπίων. ἀσπάζου τὴν κυρίαν ἡμῶν Ἀρίαν καὶ τὸν ἀδελφόν μου Σερῆνον. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι, πάτερ μου[…] [… ? lines lost …] [v] [… ? lines lost …]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Ptolemaios to Apollonios his father, greetings. So that you do not hesitate to send […] himself […] coming from Peos to you; for this reason, I urge you, write to me continually so that I may know that you love me so, since your not writing to me will be a sign of (?) forgetting me. I make my obeisance for you before the lord Sarapis. And let me know when you are going to sail up, since on the 8th of Mecheir […] My father greets you, and Sarapion. Greet our lady Aria and my brother Serenos. I pray for your health, my father […] [… lines lost …] [verso] [… lines lost …]

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