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p.mich.8.494 II
Private Letter via APIS-papyrus
Letter from Didymos to his brother Apollonios. A private letter from Didymos to his brother Apollonios, saying he longs to see him and would have come if he had not been expecting him daily. He mentions hosting Mystes, sending gifts and a jar, and receiving four bundles of leeks. It dates to the 2nd century AD, from Roman Egypt. machine translation
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TM 27104.
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- Private Letter APIS-papyrus unknown place, province of EgyptIInd century A.D.
- Didymus to Apollonius HGV-meta unbekanntII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
Δίδυμος Ἀπολλωνίωι τῶι
ἀδελφῶι χαίρειν.
εἰ μὴ καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν προσεδόκων σε πάντως ἂν αὐτὸς πάντα ὑπερθέμενος πρὸς σὲ ἦλθον. οὕτως διʼ εὐχῆς ἐστί μοι τό σε ἀσπάσασθαι. Μύστην ύὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡδέως εἶδον καὶ ὡς ἐνεδέχετο ἐφιλανθρώπησα, παρʼ οὗ καὶ κόμισαι ελ[…]ς
καλὰς δύο . πάντως δέ σοι κο[…]κεράμιον ἢ πέμψω ἢ αὐτὸς ἐρχόμενος
ἐνέγκω οὔπω γὰρ ἔρχομαι, ἐὰν ἔτι
παρὰ σοὶ μένῃ, ἀσπάσασθαί σε. ἐκομισάμην κεφαλωτοῦ δέσμας τέσσαρας .
ἄσπασαί σου τὰ ἀβάσκαντα παιδία καὶ
τοὺς φιλοῦντάς σε πάντας.
ἔρρωσο. …[…]χ κβ.
[v]
ἀπόδος Ἀπολλωνίωι ἀπὸ Διδύμου ἀδελφοῦ.Translations (1)
[recto]
Didymos to Apollonios his brother, greetings.
If I had not been expecting you every single day, I would certainly have put everything off and come to you myself. So it is my prayer to greet you. I was glad to see Mystes, a son (?) and brother, and treated him kindly as far as was possible; from him receive also two fine […]. I will certainly either send you a […] jar or bring it myself when I come; for I am not yet coming, if he is still staying with you, to greet you. I received four bundles of leeks.
Greet your children, may the evil eye spare them, and all who love you.
Farewell. […] 22.
[verso]
Deliver to Apollonios from Didymos his brother.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 27104 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mich;8;494 tier-1
- HGV-Text 27104 tier-1
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