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p.mich.8.486 II
Private Letter via APIS-papyrus
Letter from Sempronius Clemens to Apollinarius excusing a delay. A private letter of the 2nd century AD from Sempronius Clemens to Apollinarius, answering the charge that he had been unwilling to settle Apollinarius' affairs. He explains that the delay was caused by a certain Valerianus refusing to settle with his wife, and promises to write from Antinoopolis and attend to the matters without fail. machine translation
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TM 27096.
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- Private Letter APIS-papyrus unknown place (north of AntinooupoIInd century A.D.
- Sempronius Clemens to Apollinarius HGV-meta unbekanntII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Σεμπρώνιος Κλήμης Ἀπολιναρίωι
τῷ τιμιωτάτῳ χαίρειν.
ἔλαβόν σου τὰς ἐπιστολὰς παρὰ τοῦ σοῦ Ἰουλίου
Σαβείνου ἐξ ὧν ἐπέγνων σε δηλοῦντα
οὐχ ὅτι οὐκ ἠδυνήθην ἀπαρτίσαι τὰ διαφέροντά σοι ἀλλʼ ὅτι, ὡς φῄς, οὐκ ἐβουλήθην. καίτοι γε
ἐπὶ τούτῳ ᾐσθάνθην ἀλλʼ ὅμως ἀπολογήσομαι.
ἡ γὰρ διολκὴ γέγονεν ἐν τῷ τὸν Οὐαλεριανὸν
μὴ ἐθέλοντα ἀντιδιαστειλαμένης αὐτῷ τῆς
γυναικὸς εὐθέως πρὸς αὐτὴν καταστάσθαι.
ἐπειδὴ ὧδʼ ἔχοντος, ἵνʼ οὕτως εἰς αὖθις μηδεμία ἄλλη πρόφασις παρολκῆς καταλειφθῇ,
ἐπιστεῖλαι ἐμοὶ μᾶλλον προσεχέστερον
ἐπέστειλας, φημὶ ὅτι χρείας ἐπειγούσης εἰς
Ἀντινόου μελλήσω ἀνέρχεσθαι καὶ ἐκεῖθεν
ἐπιστελῶ πρὸς σὲ τούτων χάριν. εἰ δέ πως
Τύχη ἀπʼ Ἀντινόου με πάλιν ἐνθάδε
ἐπιτρέπει ἐξορμᾶν οὐδὲν λογγάζει. γράψω
γάρ σοι εὐθέως μετὰ τὸν περισπασμὸν τοῦτον ἵνα μὴ περὶ τῶν σοι διαφερόντων
φροντίσῃς. οὕτως γάρ σοι ἐπιδείξομαι πῶς
οὐ δεύτερα οὐδενὸς ἀμελήσω.
ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι πανοικεί.Translations (1)
Sempronius Clemens to Apollinarius, most honoured, greetings.
I received your letters from your Julius Sabinus, from which I learned that you declare not that I was unable to complete your affairs but that, as you say, I was unwilling. And indeed I was hurt at this, but nevertheless I will defend myself.
For the delay arose from the fact that Valerianus was unwilling, when his wife had made a counter-declaration against him, to settle with her at once. Since this is how matters stand, and so that hereafter no other pretext for delay may be left, since you wrote that I should write to you rather more attentively, I say that because of a pressing need I am about to go up to Antinoou, and from there I will write to you about these matters. And if somehow Fortune permits me to set out from Antinoou back here again, nothing is lacking (?). For I will write to you immediately after this distraction, so that you need not worry about your affairs. For thus I will show you how I will neglect nothing, putting it second to nothing.
I pray for your health, with all your household.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 27096 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mich;8;486 tier-1
- HGV-Text 27096 tier-1
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