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p.mich.15.751 spätes IIAlexandria (?)
Private Letter via APIS-papyrus
Letter from Sempronius to his mother Satornila. A private letter from Sempronius to his mother Satornila, complaining that she sent no letter by Celer or Sempronius, asking her to write about her health, and discussing some damaged family matters. He explains he could not visit because he is about to travel, and sends greetings to many relatives; it was addressed via his brother Maximus, probably from Alexandria in the late 2nd century AD. machine translation
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TM 28820.
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- Private Letter APIS-papyrus Alexandria (?)(Late) IInd century A.D.
- Letter of Sempronius to his Mother Satornila HGV-meta Alexandria (?)spätes II
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
Σεμπρώνιος Σατορνίλᾳ τῇ μητρὶ καὶ κυρίᾳ
πλεῖστα χαίρειν. πρὸ τῶν ὅλων ἐρρῶσθαι σε εὔχομαι, ἅμα δὲ καὶ τὸ προσκύνημα σου ποιοῦμαι ἡμερησίως
παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Σαράπιδι. θαυμάζω πῶς οὐκ ἔγραψάς μοι
οὔτε διὰ Κέλερος οὔτε διὰ Σεμπρωνίου. παραγενάμενος
γὰρ ἀπὸ τῆς ἀποδημίας εὗρον αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐπυνθανόμην
διʼ ἣν αἰτίαν οὐκ ἐκομίσαντό μοι ἐπιστόλιον. ἔφασαν διὰ
τὴν ἀποδημίαν. μαθὼν δὲ περὶ τῆς σωρηρίας ὑμῶν
ἀμεριμνότερος ἐγενάμην. διὸ ἐρωτηθεῖσα, ἡ κυρία μου,
ἀνόκνως μοι γράφε περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας σου. ἐκομισάμην
ἐπιστόλιον διὰ Σωκράτους καὶ ἕτερον μικρὸν διὰ Ἀντωνιανοῦ
καὶ ἐπιστόλιον Ἑξᾶτος ἐκομισάμην, ἄλλο δὲ ἐκομισάμην Λωβώτου. ἔγραψάς μοι καὶ περὶ[…]ς τα[…]…ων […]. βαρυ
[…]εχις π[…]ν χρεία ἵνα κ[…] προνο[…]…υς…[…]ν γὰρ οὐθὲν …[…]ν με
[…]ιαν[…] διʼ οὗ οὐδὲν θαυμάζω
[…]τοσα σου α[…]
[…]…[…]
[…]…[…]…[…]… κατὰ το[…]
[…]ψα …[…]…κ… Σεμπρωνίῳ γὰρ εἰ κε[…]
[…]…οιτων ἐμὸν ἐστιν τὸ προνοῆσαι, ἄλλου ἐστὶν
τὸ[…]ούσασθαι πρὶν τοῦ χρόνου τὰ τοιαῦτα …[…]… μετα
[…]εχι οὖν ἐστὶν ἐλάχιστον πρᾶγμα. νῦν γράφω σοι
ὅπως μνημονεύσῃς αὐτοῦ. νῦν γὰρ κωφῷ σοι ἔγραψεν.
καὶ ἔγραψας περὶ τούτων τὴν δευτέραν ἡμῖν ἐπιστολήν. γράφω περὶ τούτων. καὶ γὰρ ἐβουλόμην πᾶν ποιῆσαι
καὶ ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς πρῶτον μὲν προσκυνῆσαι σου τὸ ἀγαθὸν
καὶ φιλότεκνον ἦθος, δεύτερον καὶ περὶ τούτων. οὐ νῦν
δὲ […]ν εὗρον ἀφορμήν, ἀλλὰ πρὸς ἀποδημίαν ὢν ἔγραψά
σοι περὶ αὐτῶν τούτων. ἄσπασαι Μάξιμον καὶ τὴν σύνβιον αὐτοῦ καὶ Σεμπρώνιον τὸν Κύριλλον καὶ Σατορνῖλον
καὶ Γέμελλον καὶ Ἰούλιον καὶ τοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ Ἑλένην καὶ τοὺς
αὐτῆς καὶ Σκυθικὸν καὶ Κοπρῆν, Χαιρήμονα, Θερμοῦθιν καὶ τὰ παιδία αὐτῆς. ἔρρωσό μοι, ἡ κυρία μου
διὰ παντός.
[v]
ἀπόδος Μαξίμῳ παρὰ Σεμπρωνίου
ἀδελφοῦTranslations (1)
[recto]
Sempronius to Satornila his mother and lady, very many greetings. Before all else I pray that you are well, and at the same time I make your obeisance daily before the lord Sarapis. I am surprised that you did not write to me either through Celer or through Sempronius. For when I arrived back from my journey I found them and asked for what reason they had not brought me a letter. They said it was because of the journey. But having learned about your well-being I became less anxious. Therefore, please, my lady, write to me without hesitation about your well-being. I received a letter through Sokrates and another small one through Antonianus, and I received a letter from Hexas, and I received another from Lobotes. You wrote to me also about […] heavy (?) […] need that […] provide […] for nothing […] me […] through which I am not at all surprised […] your […] […] […] according to […] […] for to Sempronius if […] it is my part to provide, it is another's to […] before the time such things […] so it is a very small matter. Now I write to you so that you may remember him. For now he has written to you as to a deaf person. And you wrote about these matters in your second letter to us. I am writing about them. For indeed I wished to do everything and come to you, first to pay reverence to your good and child-loving character, and second also about these matters. But I have not now found […] opportunity, but being about to set out on a journey I have written to you about these very things. Greet Maximus and his wife and Sempronius Kyrillos and Satornilos and Gemellus and Julius and his family and Helene and her family and Skythikos and Kopres, Chairemon, Thermouthis and her children. Farewell, my lady, always.
[verso]
Deliver to Maximus from Sempronius his brother.
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 28820 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mich;15;751 tier-1
- HGV-Text 28820 tier-1
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