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p.mich.3.213 IIIAlexandria (?)
Private Letter via APIS-papyrus
Letter from Sarapion to his father Sarapion about grain and land at Senekeleu. A private letter from Sarapion, apparently in Alexandria, to his father Sarapion, complaining that his father never writes and telling him to ask the letter bearer Andromachos for grain if needed. He also asks his father to check whether Harachthes has neglected the land at Senekeleu, sends greetings, and announces his return from Alexandria. machine translation
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TM 31546.
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- Private Letter APIS-papyrus Alexandria, province of EgyptIIIrd century A.D.
- Letter of Sarapion to Sarapion HGV-meta Alexandria (?)III
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
Σαραπίων τῷ πατρὶ χαίρειν.
τὸ προσκύνημα ὑμῶν διὰ παντὸς
ποιῶ καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν παρὰ
τῷ κυρίῳ Σαράπιδι. πολλάκις
σοι ἔγραψα καὶ σὺ οὐδὲ ἅπαξ μοι
ἐδήλωσας περὶ τῶν ὄντων
πραγμάτων. ἐὰν δέ σοι ἀνάγκη
γένηται σίτου δώσει σοι ὁ παραδούς σοι ταῦτά μου τὰ γράμματα, Ἀνδρόμαχος πάνυ τῶν
σπουδαίων ὄντων φίλος·
ἐνετειλάμην γὰρ αὐτῷ.
διὸ οὖν ἐὰν ἀνάγκη γένηται
μὴ ὀκνήσῃς προσελθεῖν αὐτῷ. ἀλλὰ καὶ γενοῦ
εἰς Σενεκελεὺ καὶ μάθε
τὸ τῶν ἐδαφῶν μὴ ἄρα ἠμέλησεν ὁ Ἁράχθης. ἄσπασαι πολλὰ τοὺς ἡμῶν πάντας κατʼ ὄνομα καὶ Ἐπαγαθῶν καὶ Σιλβανὸν καὶ τὴν
τύχην τῆς οἰκίας.
ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι.
προσδόκα τοῦ καὶ ἐμὲ ἐξελθεῖν
ἀπὸ Ἀλεξανδρείας μέχρι ϛ
τοῦ θεοῦ θέλοντος.
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Σαραπίωνι πατρὶ παρὰ Σαραπίωνος υἱοῦ.Translations (1)
[recto]
Sarapion to his father, greeting.
I make obeisance for you all continually, every day, before the lord Sarapis. I have often written to you, and you have not once informed me about the state of affairs. If you have need of grain, the man who handed you this letter of mine, Andromachos, a friend of very worthy people, will give it to you; for I have instructed him. So if need arises, do not hesitate to approach him. But also go to Senekeleu and find out about the land, whether Harachthes has perhaps neglected it. Greet warmly all our people by name, and Epagathos and Silvanus and the Fortune of the house.
I pray for your health.
Expect me too to come out from Alexandria by the 6th, god willing.
[verso]
To Sarapion, his father, from Sarapion, his son.
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Alexandria
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 31546 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mich;3;213 tier-1
- HGV-Text 31546 tier-1
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