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p.mich.8.496 IIKaranis? (Arsinoites)
Private Letter via APIS-papyrus
Letter from Apol... to Apollinarios at Bakchias urging a visit. A private letter from a man whose name begins Apol... to his 'brother' Apollinarios, who is staying at Bakchias. He complains of receiving few letters, confirms receipt of cloaks but not a piglet, sends vegetables and fish, and with Theon urges Apollinarios to visit, since the trip takes only a couple of hours. machine translation
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TM 27106.
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- Private Letter APIS-papyrus probably Karanis, Herakleidou meriIInd century A.D.
- Apol... to Apollinarius HGV-meta Karanis? (Arsinoites)II
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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Ἀπολ[…]…ς Ἀπολιναρίωι τῶι
ἀδελφῶι χαίρειν.
πυθόμενος ἐν Βαχιάδι σε εἶναι
ἀσπάζομαί σε, ἄδελφε, καὶ ἤδη
προτρέπομαι ἐπιστέλλειν ἡμῖν περὶ τῆς ὑγιείας σου. ἐγὼ
γὰρ ἤδη χάρτην ἀνήλωσα
γράφων σοι καὶ μόγις ἓν ἐπιστόλιόν σου ἐκομισάμην ἐν ᾧ
ἐδήλους τοὺς φαινόλας με καὶ
τὸν δέλφακα κομίσασθαι. τὸν
μὲν δέλφακα οὐκ ἐκομισάμην, τοὺς δὲ φαινόλας
ἔλαβον. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι, ἄδελφε,
εὐφραινόμενον. κόμισαι καλὰς θρίδακας
τέσσαρας καὶ δέσμην σεύτλου καὶ βόλβακας ἀριθμῷ κα χλοῦς ιϛ καὶ μαιώτας
καλοὺς τρεῖς ἡμινήρους. ἀσπάζεταί σε
Θέων ὁ ἀδελφὸς καὶ προτρέπεταί σε
ἔρρωσο. Φαρμοῦθι δ.
ἀπὸ Βακχιάδος ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ἡμᾶς.
ὅρα γὰρ τοὺς ἐρχομένους ἐκεῖθεν μέχρι δευτέρας ὥρας παραγεινομένους.
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Ἀπολιναρίωι φίλωι.Translations (1)
Apol[…] to Apollinarios his brother, greetings.
Having learned that you are in Bakchias, I greet you, brother, and now urge you to write to us about your health. For I have already used up a sheet of papyrus writing to you, and I have barely received one little letter from you, in which you indicated that I had received the cloaks and the piglet. The piglet I did not receive, but the cloaks I got. I pray for your health, brother, and that you are in good spirits. Receive 4 fine lettuces and a bundle of beet and 21 bulbs, 16 green ... (?) and 3 fine maiotai (fish?) of half-nome (?) size. Theon your brother greets you and urges you
Farewell. Pharmouthi 4.
to come to us from Bakchias. For see, those coming from there arrive by the second hour.
[verso]
To Apollinarios, friend.
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Karanis
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 27106 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mich;8;496 tier-1
- HGV-Text 27106 tier-1
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