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p.mich.8.474 frühes IIAlexandria (?)
Private Letter via APIS-papyrus
Letter from Tabetheus (?) to her brother Claudius Tiberianus urging him to come home. A private letter, probably from a woman named Tabetheus, to her brother Claudius Tiberianus, a soldier who has arrived in Alexandria after a long absence. She urges him to come home at once to her and his children, reports on his daughter and son, and complains that he has not yet come. Early 2nd century AD. machine translation
The same text in other collections
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TM 27087.
Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.
- 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
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· Greek
Transcription
ΤαβεθεῦςΚλαυδίῳ Τιβεριανῷ τῷ ἀδελφῷ πλεῖστα χαίρειν.
πυθομένη ὅτι παρεγένου εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν λίαν ἐχάρην μετὰ τῶν ἐμῶν πάντων,
καὶ ἀντίγραψόν μοι ὅτι ἐξαυτῆς παραγείνῃ πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ὅτι ὁ υἱὸς ἐν τῷ πράγματι[…]ν ἔμενέ σε ἀπόντος σου μέχρι σήμερον. καὶ τὰ ἕως ἄρτι καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν περιμένομέν σε μετὰ τῶν παιδίων. διό σε ἐρωτῶ ἐλθεῖν ἐξαυτῆς πρὸς ἡμᾶς· προσκυνήσομέν σε μετὰ τῶν παιδίων ἐὰν ἀνέλθῃς
[…] ἡ θυγάτηρ σου Σεγάθιος ὑπηρετεῖ με· φρόνιμός ἐστιν καὶ
[…]ἱκανή. καὶ ἔπεμψε Ἰσίδωρον τὸν υἱόν σου πρὸς σὲ ἵνα σου τὰ βάλτια ἐνέγκῃ σοι μετὰ στρατιωτῶν, ὅτι ἀκολουθεῖ ἡμῖν μήπως ἔλθῃ καὶ ἄλλως καὶ σοβαρῶςἡ πλήμυρα ἐν τῷ ποταμῷ ἐπεὶ οὐ δύνομαι ἐγὼ καταλεῖψαι τὴν οἰκίαν διὰ
[…]ἀσπάζεταί σε Ἰσίδωρος καὶ Σεβάθιος, καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀσπαζόμεθα
[…]…[…]…ν καὶ τὰ παιδία. ἐκόμιζον ἐπιστόλιον Κλαυδίου τοῦ υἱοῦ,
ἐξ οὗ ἐπέγνων ὅτι μοι εὐθὺς παραγενάμενός με εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν μετὰ Σεγάθιος ἀποίσεις[…]αντα[…] τὰ ἕως ἄρτι οὔπω εὐδόκηκας ἐλθεῖν.Translations (1)
[Tabetheus] to Claudius Tiberianus her brother, very many greetings.
[Having learned that] you had arrived at Alexandria, I rejoiced greatly together with all my household,
[and write back to me] that you are coming to us at once, because the son in the matter […] waited for you while you were away until today. And up to now we wait for you [every day] with the children. Therefore I ask you to come [at once to] us; we shall greet you with reverence together with the children if you come up
[…] your daughter Segathis serves me; she is sensible and
[…] capable. And she sent Isidoros your son to you so that [he might bring you] your belts (?) [with] soldiers, because he follows us, lest also otherwise and violently [the flood] come on the river, since I cannot leave the house because of
[…] Isidoros and Sebathis greet you, and we greet
[…] and the children. I received a little letter from Claudius the son,
[from which I learned that] as soon as you arrived at Alexandria you [would bring (?)] me with Segathis […] but up to now you have not yet consented to come.
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 27087 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mich;8;474 tier-1
- HGV-Text 27087 tier-1
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