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p.mert.1.28 spätes III
Letter from Harpochras to Ammonas via HGV-meta
Letter from Harpochras to his brother Ammonas. A private letter from Harpochras to his brother Ammonas, complaining that Ammonas has not written, suggesting couriers for a reply, asking for news of his health and needs, and sending greetings to the family. It dates to the late 3rd century AD. machine translation
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TM 31542.
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- Letter from Harpochras to Ammonas HGV-meta unbekanntspätes III
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
Ἁρποχρᾶς Ἀμμωνᾶτι τῶι
ἀδελφῶι χαίρειν.
ἀσπάζομαί σε ἄδελφε καὶ εὔχομαί
σε ὑγιαίνειν. νὴ τὸν Σάραπιν θαυμάζω πῶς οὐκ ἔπεμψάς μοι ἐπιστολὴν διὰ Σαραπίωνος οὐδὲ διὰ
Τεχώσιδος τῆς τροφοῦ Ἑρμείνου.
μετὰ δύο ἡμέρας ἔρχεταί μου
ἄππας ἐνθάδε· δύνῃ δοῦναι Διδυμᾶτι ἢ τῷ συνερχομένῳ αὐτῷ ἐπιστόλιον. περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας σου τὸ πρῶτον γράφε μοι, δεύτερον περὶ ὧν
χρῄζεις ἐντεῦθεν. ἀσπάζομαι
Ἀμμωνᾶν τὸν πατέρα μου καὶ
τὴν μητέραν μου καὶ τὴν ἀδελφὴν καὶ τοὺς ἐν οἴκῳ πάντας καὶ
τοὺς φίλους. νὴ τοὺς θεοὺς πάντας ἤθελόν σοί τι πέμψαι καὶ οὐκ
ἔπεμψά σοι διὰ Τεχώσιδος ς[…]
[…]…[…]οις δύνῃ χρήσασθαι.
ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι, ἄδελφε
φίλτατε, μεθʼ ὧν βούλῃ
[…] Φαῶφι ιϛ.
[v]
Ἀμμωνᾶτι ἀδελφῶι
[…]…[…]
[…]ς[…]
[…] πάντων τῶν[…]
φων ἀδελφῶν ἀσπαζόμενος ἐπὶ
…ι τὴν ἀδελφὴν …ρουρειεγ καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν ὁμο…Translations (1)
[recto]
Harpochras to Ammonas his brother, greetings.
I greet you, brother, and pray that you are well. By Sarapis, I am surprised that you did not send me a letter through Sarapion or through Techosis the nurse of Herminos. In two days my father (?) is coming here; you can give a little letter to Didymas or to the man coming with him. Write to me first about your well-being, and second about what you need from here. I greet Ammonas my father and my mother and my sister and all those in the house and the friends. By all the gods, I wanted to send you something and I did not send it to you through Techosis […] […] you can use.
I pray for your health, dearest brother, with those you wish.
[…] Phaophi 16.
[verso]
To Ammonas his brother
[…]
[…]
[…] of all the […] brothers, greeting […] the sister […] and the brother […]
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 31542 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mert;1;28 tier-1
- HGV-Text 31542 tier-1
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