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p.mich.3.216 16. Juni 297Koptos
Letter of Paniskos to Ploutogenia via HGV-meta
Letter from Paniskos to his wife asking her to come and bring his weapons. A private letter from Paniskos, apparently serving with soldiers at Koptos, to his wife (Ploutogenia) and daughter, urging her for the second time to join him and to bring his new armour, helmet, lances and tent fittings. He also mentions money sent via Antoninus and sends greetings to family. machine translation
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TM 21346.
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- Letter of Paniskos to Ploutogenia HGV-meta Koptos16. Juni 297
- Private Letter APIS-papyrus Koptos, Coptite nome, province of ca. 296-297 A.D. (June 16)
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
Πανίσκος τῇ συμβίῳ καὶ
τῇ θυγατρὶ πολλὰ χαίρειν.
πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί
σε ὁλόκληρόν ἀπολαβεῖν
μετὰ τῆς θυγατρός μου παρὰ
τῷ κυρίῳ θεῷ. ἤδη δευτέραν σοι ἐπιστολὴν γράφω
ἵνα ἔλθῃς πρὸς ἐμέ, καὶ οὐκ ἦλθας. εἰ οὖν οὐ θέλεις ἐλθεῖν
ἀντίγραψόν μοι. ἔνεγκόν μου
τὸ ὅπλον τὸ καινὸνκαὶ τὸ κασίδιν καὶ τὰ πέντε λογχία καὶ
τὰ τοῦ παπυλίωνος. καὶ ἔγραψάς μοι ὅτι ἔπεμψα[…]ναίσκῳ […]οστιχ[…]νδω
[…]…[…]…[…]
[… ? lines lost …]
καὶ ἔδωκα τάλαντον Ἀντωνίνῳ ἵνα σοι ἀποδιδῷ. μὴ ἀμελήσῃς οὖν […]
οὖν ολεεγυν[…]… τῶν στρατιωτῶν καί σ…[…]υ…η…ν. εἰ
οὖν ἔχεις σύνεργα ἔνεγκον αὐτὰ καὶ τέμνετε ἐνθάδε.
ἀσπάζομαι τὴν θυγατέρα
μου πολλὰ καὶ τὴν μητέρα σου καὶ τοὺς φιλοῦντας
ἡμᾶς κατʼ ὄνομα.
ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι.
Παῦνι κβ.
καὶ ἔγραψάς μοι ὅτι ἦρκες εἴκοσι τρία ὅπλα,
Ταμμῶν οὐδὲν αὐτῶν. κάτω
ἔμεινε Τημνᾶς.
ἀσπάζομαι ὑμᾶς.
[v]
ἀπόδος τῇ συμβίῳ παρὰ Πανίσκου
ἐν τῷ Παρ[…]Translations (1)
[recto]
Paniskos to his wife and his daughter, many greetings.
Before all else I pray that I may receive you back in good health together with my daughter, before the lord god. This is already the second letter I am writing to you asking you to come to me, and you have not come. So if you do not wish to come, write back to me. Bring me my new armour and the helmet and the five small lances and the parts of the tent. And you wrote to me that 'I sent […] to […]naiskos […]'
[…]
[… ? lines lost …]
and I gave a talent to Antoninus so that he may pay it to you. So do not neglect […] so […] of the soldiers and […]. So if you have tools, bring them and cut (them) here.
I greet my daughter warmly and your mother and those who love us, each by name.
I pray for your health.
Pauni 22.
And you wrote to me that you had taken 23 pieces of armour; Tammon (has) none of them. Temnas stayed downriver.
I greet you all.
[verso]
Deliver to my wife from Paniskos, in the Par[…]
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 21346 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mich;3;216 tier-1
- HGV-Text 21346 tier-1
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