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p.mich.3.221 ca. 297Alexandria
Letter of Ploutogenia to her Mother via HGV-meta
Letter from Ploutogenia to her mother. A private letter written around AD 297 from Alexandria by Ploutogenia to her mother. She complains that in eight months her mother has not written, gives instructions about bronze vessels and money received from Koupineris, and offers to come if her sister is to be married. machine translation
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TM 21351.
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- Letter of Ploutogenia to her Mother HGV-meta Alexandriaca. 297
- Private Letter APIS-papyrus Alexandria, province of Egyptca. 296-297 A.D.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
Πλουτογένια τῇ μητρί μου πολλὰ
χαίρειν.
πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὁλοκληρεῖν
παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ θεῷ. ἤδη ὀκτὼ μῆνες
ἀφʼ ἧς εἰσῆλθα εἰς Ἀλεξάνδριαν, οὐδὲ
μίαν μοι ἐπιστολὴν ἔγραψας. πάλι οὖν
οὐκ ἐχεις με ὡς θυγατέρα σου ἀλλὰ ὡς ἐχθράν
σου. τὰ χαλκώματα τὰ ἔχεις παρὰ σοί,
δὸς αὐτὰ Ἀτᾶτι καὶ σὺ αὐτὰ παράλαβε
ἀπʼ αὐτῆς Ἀτᾶ πλήρης. καὶ γράψον
μοι πόσον κέρμα ἔλαβες παρὰ
Κουπινήρι καὶ μὴ ἀμελήσῃς. πρόσεχε
τῇ μηχανῇ καὶ τοῖς κτῆσί σου, μὴ
ὀκνήσῃς καὶ μὴ θελήσῃς σκυλῆναι[…]…[…]… ἐὰν δὲ μέλλῃ
ἡ θυγάτηρ σου γαμῆσαι γράψον μοι
καὶ ἔρχομαι ἐγώ. ἀσπάζομαί σε
μετὰ τῶν τέκνων σου. ἀσπάζομαι
καὶ τοὺς φιλοῦντας ἡμᾶς
κατʼὄνομα. ἐρρῶσθαι ὑμᾶς
εὔχομαι πολλοῖς
χρόνοις.
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ἀπόδος τῇ μητρί μου παρὰ Πλουτογενίας θυγατρὸς.Translations (1)
[recto]
Ploutogenia to my mother, very many greetings.
Before all else I pray that you are in good health before the Lord God. It is already eight months since I came to Alexandria, and you have not written me a single letter. So again you do not treat me as your daughter but as your enemy. The bronze vessels that you have with you, give them to Ata, and you take them back from Ata herself in full. And write to me how much money you received from Koupineris, and do not neglect it. Look after the machine (?) and your animals (?); do not hesitate, and do not wish to trouble yourself […] If your daughter is going to marry, write to me and I will come. I greet you together with your children. I greet also those who love us, each by name. I pray that you all fare well for many years.
[verso]
Deliver to my mother, from Ploutogenia her daughter.
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Alexandria
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 21351 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mich;3;221 tier-1
- HGV-Text 21351 tier-1
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