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p.mert.2.82 Ende II
Letter from Nice to Berenice via HGV-meta
Letter from Nike to her sister Berenike about lost letters. A private letter from Nike to Berenike, whom she calls her sister, defending herself against the charge of never writing: she has written twice before and suspects the letters went undelivered. She also complains of feeling sluggish, perhaps because of the climate, and sends greetings to family members, with a greeting added by Sarapammon and Hieratike. machine translation
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- Letter from Nice to Berenice HGV-meta unbekanntEnde II
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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Νείκη Βερενείκηι τῆι
κυρίᾳ ἀδελφῆι πλεῖστα χαίρειν.
πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε
ὑγιαίνειν καὶ ἀεί σου τὸ προσκύνημα
ποιῶ παρὰ τοῖς ἐνθάδε θεοῖς εὐχομένη σοι τὰ ἐν βίῳ ἀγαθὰ ὑπαρχθῆναι. ἔγραψά σοι, κυρία ἀδελφή,
ἄλλα δὶς χωρὶς τούτου καὶ τάχα σοι οὐκ ἀνεδόθη. καὶ ἔγραψάς μοι ὅτι οὐδὲ ἅπαξ μοι ἔγραψας· οὕτως δὲ
ἤμην ἀμαθὴς ὥστε σοι μὴ γράψαι; ἡμεῖς γὰρ καθάπαξ γράφομεν
καὶ τάχα ὑμῖν οὐκ ἀναδιδοῦσι.
λίαν δὲ νωθρεύομαι, πότερον
διὰ τὸν ἀέρα οὐκ οἶδα. ἐὰν δὲ πάλιν
ῥαΐσω σὺν θεοῖς, γράψω σοι. ἀσπάζου τὴν μητέρα σου Ἀθηναΐδα
καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν Ἀχιλλίωνα καὶ πάντας κατʼ ὄνομα. Σαραπάμμων σε ἀσπάζομαι, καὶ Ἱερατική σε ἀσπάζεται.
ἐρρῶσθαί σε θεοῖς εὔχομαι κυρία
ἀδελφή.
[v]
ἀπόδος Βερενείκηι παρὰ Νείκης ἀδελφῆς.Translations (1)
[recto]
Nike to Berenike, her lady sister, very many greetings.
Before all else I pray that you are in good health, and I always make obeisance for you before the gods here, praying that the good things in life may be granted to you. I have written to you, lady sister, twice besides this letter, and perhaps it was not delivered to you. And you wrote to me that I had not written to you even once; but was I so ignorant as not to write to you? For we write once and for all, and perhaps they do not deliver it to you. I am very sluggish, whether because of the air I do not know. If I recover again, with the gods' help, I will write to you. Greet your mother Athenais and our brother Achillion and everyone by name. I, Sarapammon, greet you, and Hieratike greets you.
I pray to the gods for your health, lady sister.
[verso]
Deliver to Berenike from Nike her sister.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 28784 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mert;2;82 tier-1
- HGV-Text 28784 tier-1
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