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p.meyer.19 IIOxyrhynchites (?)
Anfang des Briefes eines Sohnes an seine Mutter via HGV-meta
Letter from Apollonios to his mother Ophelous about his journey. The opening of a private letter from Apollonios to his mother Ophelous, describing his journey after leaving her: he walked to Chysis, boarded a boat on the 11th, and arrived somewhere on the 12th. The rest of the letter is lost; the address survives on the back. It dates to the 2nd century AD, probably from the Oxyrhynchite nome. machine translation
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- Anfang des Briefes eines Sohnes an seine Mutter HGV-meta Oxyrhynchites (?)II
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
Ἀπολλώνιος Ὠφελοῦτι
τῇ μητρὶ χαίρειν.
ἐξελθὼν ἀπὸ σοῦ τῇ δεκάτῃ
πεζὸς ὕπνωσα εἰς Χῦσιν
καὶ τῇ ια ἐκάθισα εἰς πλοῖόν
μου καὶ τῇ ιβ ἐγενόμην ἐν
[… ? lines lost …]
[v]
ἀπὸ Ἀπολλωνίου υἱοῦ Ὠφελοῦτι μητρί.Translations (1)
[recto]
Apollonios to Ophelous his mother, greetings.
Having left you on the tenth, I slept on foot (?) at Chysis, and on the 11th I sat down in my boat, and on the 12th I was in […]
[…]
[verso]
From Apollonios, son, to Ophelous, mother.
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Oxyrhynchites
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 28258 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.meyer;;19 tier-1
- HGV-Text 28258 tier-1
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