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p.mich.8.491 IIRom
Private Letter via APIS-papyrus
Letter from Apollinarius, a fleet recruit, to his mother Taesis. A private letter from Apollinarius, a new recruit to the Roman fleet, to his mother Taesis at Karanis in the Fayum. He tells her he arrived safely in Rome on Pachon 25 and was assigned to the fleet at Misenum, though he does not yet know his unit, and he asks her not to worry and to write back. machine translation
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- Private Letter APIS-papyrus Rome, ItalyIInd century A.D.
- Apollinarius to Taesis HGV-meta RomII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
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· Greek
Transcription
[r]
Ἀπολινᾶρις Ταήσει τῇ μητρὶ καὶ κυρίᾳ
πολλὰ χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε
ὑγιαίνειν καὶ ἐγὼ αὐτὸς ὑγιαίνω καὶ τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ παρὰ τοῖς ἐνθάδε θεοῖς. γινώσκειν σε
θέλω, μήτηρ, ὅτι ἐρρωμένος ἐγενόμην εἰς Ῥώμην
Παχὼν μηνὶ κε καὶ ἐκληρώθην εἰς Μισηνούς.
οὔπω δὲ τὴν κεντυρίαν μου ἔγνων· οὐ γὰρ ἀπεληλύθειν εἰς Μισηνοὺς ὅτε σοι τὴν ἐπιστολὴν ταύτην
ἔγραφον. ἐρωτῶ σε οὖν, μήτηρ, σεαυτῇ πρόσεχε,
μηδὲν δίσταζε περὶ ἐμοῦ· ἐγὼ γὰρ εἰς καλὸν τόπον ἦλθον. καλῶς δὲ ποιήσεις γράψασά μοι ἐπιστολὴν περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας σου καὶ τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου καὶ
τῶν σῶν πάντων. καὶ ἐγὼ εἴ τινα ἐὰν εὕρω γράφω
σοι· οὐ μὴ ὀκνήσω σοι γράφειν. ἀσπάζομαι τοὺς ἀδελφούς μου πολλὰ καὶ Ἀπολινᾶριν καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτοῦ καὶ Καραλᾶν καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτοῦ.
ἀσπάζομαι Πτολεμαῖν καὶ Πτολεμαείδα καὶ τὰ
τέκνα αὐτῆς καὶ Ἡρακλοῦν καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς.
ἀσπάζομαι τοὺς φιλοῦντάς σε πάντας κατʼ ὄνομα.
ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι.
[v]
ἀπόδος εἰς Καρανίδα Ταήσει ἀπὸ Ἀπολιναρίου υἱοῦ
Μισηνάτου.Translations (1)
[recto]
Apollinarius to Taesis, his mother and lady, many greetings.
Before all else I pray that you are well; I myself am well too, and I make obeisance for you before the gods here. I want you to know, mother, that I arrived in Rome in good health on the 25th of the month Pachon, and I was assigned to Misenum. But I do not yet know my century, for I had not gone to Misenum when I was writing this letter to you. So I ask you, mother, take care of yourself, do not worry at all about me, for I have come to a good place. Please write me a letter about your welfare and that of my brothers and all your people. And I, if I find anyone, will write to you; I will not hesitate to write to you. I greet my brothers warmly, and Apollinarius and his children, and Karalas and his children. I greet Ptolemaios and Ptolemais and her children, and Heraklous and her children. I greet all who love you, each by name.
I pray for your health.
[verso]
Deliver to Karanis, to Taesis, from Apollinarius her son, of Misenum.
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 27101 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mich;8;491 tier-1
- HGV-Text 27101 tier-1
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