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p.mich.8.473 frühes IIAlexandria (?)
Private Letter via APIS-papyrus
Letter from Tabetheus to her brother Claudius Tiberianus about her son. A private letter from Tabetheus to her brother Claudius Tiberianus, early 2nd century AD, probably from Alexandria. In confused language she describes troubles involving her son Satornilos, apparently a killing, heavy losses of 1,200 drachmas, his illness and refusal to leave Alexandria, and she asks her brother's help in settling matters. machine translation
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TM 27086.
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- Private Letter APIS-papyrus Alexandria (?)(Early) IInd century A.D.
- Tabetheus to Tiberianus HGV-meta Alexandria (?)frühes II
- Letter from Tabetheus to her brother APIS-papyrus Alexandria (?)early 2nd century AD
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
Ταβεθεῦς Κλαυδίῳ Τιβεριανῶι τῷ ἀδελφῶι πλεῖστα χαίρειν.
πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν
καὶ τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Σούχῳ.
ἐχάρην πῶς ἔπεμψάς μου τὸν υἱον ἕως αὐτὸν προσκυνήσω,
ἀλλὰ οὐκ ε[…]…[…]κας αὐτὸν ἀνθρώπῳ. οὐχ εὕρηκε γὰρ Σατορνεῖλος ἅ πεποίηκα αὐτῷ. ἠγοράκαμεν τρεῖς μνᾶς λίνων
καὶ ἔπεμψα αὐτάς. μή μου μέμφε ἐὰν μὴ παρέσχες
Μετέλλῳ στρατιώτῃ. ἐθέλω γράψῃς περὶ φίλου· τάχα
παράσχετε αὐτῷ. ἐλυπήθην πολλά. ἠδυνάμην πέμψαι σοι τὸ συνθεσίδιον ἐφέτος, οὐκ ἔπεμψα αὐτὴν
διὰ πέρυσι ἀλλὰ ἔπεμψα καὶ πεπράκαμεν αὐτὰ Καβῖν
διάκωνι. καταβάντες ἐκ Τῶνις οἴκοθεν ἡμῶν, εἰσελθόντες εἰς τὴν ξενίαν Σατορνείλου, βλέψας τὰ ἡμῶν
ἀβάσκαντα οὐκ εὐδόκηκα αὐτὸν τὸν υἱόν μου
αὐτὸν πιστεῦσαι Μηνᾷ. καὶ αὐτὸν φονεύσας εἶπέ
γε ἐμοὶ μὴ πονεῖν, εἶπα Σατορνείλῳ ὅτι μὴ καθεῦδον μεριμνῶν. ὡς ἔβλαψάς με χιλίας διακοσίας δραχμάς, περίψημά μου τοῦ υἱοῦ ἀπέλθωσιν.
καὶ κατέβην εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ μου.
τούτου χάριν μανία αὐτὸν ἔσχηκεν, ἐπεὶ οὐκ εὐδόκηκεν αὐτὸν φαγεῖν τὰ ἐπιμήνια σὺν τοῖς παρʼ αὐτοῦ.
ἐὰν ὁ θεὸς θέλῃ καὶ λάβῃς τὰ ἐπιμήνια ἃ πεποίηκά σοι,
μὴ αὐτὰ […]…α. καὶ σύ. περὶ τῶν περυσινῶν οὐ
πεποίηκα […] πεποίηκε πέρυσι. ἀφίωκα αὐτὰ
ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ ἕως τῆς δευτέρας ἀναγωγῆς. καὶ
ἠσθένηκεν. ἐθλίβην λυπηθείς ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ, ἐχάρην ὅλως
ὅτι ἔζηκεν. πεπιάκαμεν αὐτὸν παρακαλοῦντες ὅτι
ἀνάγευσαι Ἀλεξανδρείας, καὶ λέγει ἡμῖν ὅτι οὐ θέλω.
εὐχαριστοῦμεν τοῖς θεοῖς ὅτι ὅμοιός σού ἐστιν,
οὐδεὶς δύναται αὐτὸν καταγελάσαι. ἀσπάζου τοὺς
παρʼ ἐσοῦ πάντας κατʼ ὄνομα. ἐβλάβην πόσα πέρυσι διὰ
Σατορνεῖλον, οὐδὲ ὠφείλησε αὐτὰ οὐδὲ ἐγώ, ἀλλὰ πάντα ἐβλάβην. ἔρρωσο.
[v]
ἀπόδος …α… Τιβεριανῷ παρὰ ΤαβεθεῦτοςTranslations (1)
[recto]
Tabetheus to Claudius Tiberianus her brother, very many greetings.
Before all else I pray that you are well, and I make your obeisance before the lord Souchos.
I rejoiced that you sent my son to me so that I might greet him,
but you did not […] him to a man. For Satornilos has not found what I did for him. We bought 3 minas of linen
and I sent them. Do not blame me if you did not provide
for Metellus the soldier. I want you to write about a friend; perhaps
you (pl.) may provide for him. I was much grieved. I could have sent you the dinner outfit this year; I did not send it
because of last year, but I sent it and we sold them to Kabis
the deacon (?). Coming down from Tonis from our home, entering the guest-lodging of Satornilos, seeing our
unharmed (children), I did not consent to entrust my son himself
to Menas. And having committed murder, he said
to me not to trouble myself; I told Satornilos that I could not sleep for worry. Since you have cost me 1,200 drachmas, let them go as a ransom for my son.
And I went down to Alexandria with my son.
On this account madness has seized him, since he did not consent to eat the monthly allowance with those from him.
If god wills and you receive the monthly allowance which I have made for you,
do not […] them. And you too. Concerning last year's things I have not
done […] he did last year. I left them
in Alexandria until the second sailing up. And
he fell ill. I was distressed, grieved by him; I rejoiced altogether
that he lived. We pressed him, urging him
to sail up from Alexandria, and he says to us, "I do not want to."
We give thanks to the gods that he is like you;
no one can mock him. Greet all
those with you by name. How much I lost last year because of
Satornilos, neither did he owe them nor I, but I lost everything. Farewell.
[verso]
Deliver […] to Tiberianus from Tabetheus.
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 27086 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mich;8;473 tier-1
- HGV-Text 27086 tier-1
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