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p.mich.3.209 spätes II - frühes III

Private Letter via APIS-papyrus

Letter from Saturnilus to his brother Sempronius asking for a reply. A private letter from Saturnilus to his brother Sempronius (Maximus), complaining that this is his second letter since arriving home and no reply has come. He reports his safe arrival on the 21st, that all is well with 'our lady' (probably their mother), and sends greetings from and to family and friends. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Σατορνῖλος Σεμπρωνίῳ τῷ ἀδελφῶι καὶ κυρίῳ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν καὶ προκόπτειν, ἅμα δὲ καὶ τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιοῦμαι ἡμερησίως παρὰ τοῖς πατρῴοις θεοῖς. θαυμάζω, ἄδελφε, δευτέρα ἐπιστολὴ αὕτη ἣν ἔπεμψά σοι ἀφʼ ἧς ἐγενόμην εἰς οἶκον καὶ οὐδεμίαν ἀντιφώνησίν μοι ἔπεμψας. ἐρωτηθεὶς οὖν, ἄδελφε, τάχιόν μοι γράφειν περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας σου ἵνα καὶ ἐγὼ ἀμεριμνότερος διάγω. οἶδας γάρ, ἄδελφε, ὅτι οὐ μόνον ὡς ἀδελφόν σε ἔχω ἀλλὰ καὶ ὡς πατέρα καὶ κύριον καὶ θεόν. γενόμενός μου γὰρ εἰς οἶκον τῇ αὐτῇ ὥρᾳ ἀναγκαίως ἔγραψά σοι τὴν πρώτην ἐπιστολήν, καλῶς γενόμενός μου εἰς οἶκον τῇ μιᾷ καὶ εἰκάδι, καὶ εὗρον πάντα καλῶς καὶ τὴν κυρίαν ἡμῶν καλῶς διάγουσαν. ἀσπάζεταί σε ἡ κυρία ἡμῶν καὶ Μάξιμος καὶ ἡ σύμβιος αὐτοῦ καὶ τά τέκνα καὶ Γέμελλος καὶ Ἰούλιος καὶ ἡ σύμβιος αὐτοῦ καὶ Ἑλένη καὶ τὰ παιδία πάντα κατʼ ὄνομα. ἄσπασαι Οὐαλέριον πολλὰ καὶ Κέλλερα καὶ τοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ Ἰούλιον Σερῆνον πολλὰ καὶ Σερῆνον Σαβῖνον καὶ Σαραπίωνα καὶ πάντας τοὺς φιλοῦντάς σε κατʼ ὄνομα. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι, ἄδελφε κυριώτατε. [v] … ἀπὸ Σαρυτνίλου ἀδελφοῦ. Σεμπρωνίῳ Μαξίμωι

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Saturnilus to Sempronius his brother and lord, very many greetings. Before all else I pray that you are in health and prospering, and at the same time I make your obeisance daily before our ancestral gods. I am surprised, brother, this is the second letter I have sent you since I reached home, and you have sent me no reply. Please, then, brother, write to me quickly about your well-being, so that I too may live less anxiously. For you know, brother, that I regard you not only as a brother but also as father and lord and god. For when I reached home, at that very hour I made a point of writing you the first letter, since I arrived home safely on the 21st, and I found everything well and our lady faring well. Our lady greets you, and Maximus and his wife and the children, and Gemellus, and Julius and his wife, and Helene, and all the children by name. Greet Valerius warmly, and Celer and his family, and Julius Serenus warmly, and Serenus Sabinus and Sarapion and all who love you, by name. I pray for your health, most lordly brother. [verso] […] from Saturnilus his brother. To Sempronius Maximus

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