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p.mich.8.499 II
Private Letter via APIS-papyrus
Letter from Sabinianus to his brother Apollinarius about their sister. A private letter from Sabinianus to his brother Julius Apollinarius, thanking him for the generous support he has given their sister and asking him to keep helping her. He blames careless letter carriers for the impression that he had not written, and seems to hope to become his sister's guardian (kyrios). machine translation
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TM 27109.
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- Private Letter APIS-papyrus IInd century A.D.
- Private Letter APIS-papyrus unknown place, province of Egypt(?IInd century A.D.
- Sabinianus to Apollinarius HGV-meta unbekanntII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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Σαβεινιανὸς Ἀπολιναρίωι
τῷ ἀδελφῷ καὶ κυρίῳ πλεῖστα
χαίρειν.
καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν καὶ αὐτὸς ὑπὲρ τῆς
σωτηρίας σου εὐχὰς ποιοῦμαι παρὰ τοῖς
ἐνθάδε θεοῖς ὑπὲρ τοῦ σώζεσθαί
σε εἰς μακροὺς χρόνους. πλεῖον ἢ μᾶλλον παρέχεις καὶ παρέσχες τῇ ἀδελφῇ,
ὅθεν ἀνθομολογοῦμαι πᾶσαν χάριν
σοι παρὰ πᾶσιν θεοῖς, ἐμαρτυρήθη γάρ
μοι καὶ ὑπὸ τῆς ἀδελφῆς καὶ τῆς μητρός.
πολλάκι σοι ἔγραψα, καὶ ἡ τῶν παρακομιζόντων ἀμέλεια διέβαλεν ἡμᾶς
ὡς ἀμελεῖς. ὡς πάντως ἐμὲ κύριον
λαμβάνῃ, παρακαλῶ προσέχειν τῇ
ἀδελφῇ ἐν οἷς ἐάν σου δεηθῇ. ἀσπάζομαι Ἀβάσκαντον τὸν χρησιμώτατον
καὶ τοὺς σοὺς πάντας κατʼ ὄνομα.
ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι
πανοικεί.
Μεχεὶρ ιη.
[v]
Ἰουλίῳ Ἀπολιναρίωι ἀπὸ Σαβεινιανοῦ ἀδελφοῦ
Ἀπολιναρίου τοῦ …Translations (1)
[recto]
Sabinianus to Apollinarius, his brother and lord, very many greetings.
Every day I myself make prayers for your safety before the gods here, that you may be preserved for long years. You provide, and have provided, more than enough to our sister, for which I acknowledge all gratitude to you before all the gods, for it has been attested to me both by our sister and by our mother. I have written to you often, and the negligence of those carrying the letters has slandered us as negligent. So that she may by all means take me as guardian (?), I urge you to attend to our sister in whatever she may need from you. I greet Abaskantos, the most excellent, and all yours by name. I pray for your health, with all your household.
Mecheir 18.
[verso]
To Julius Apollinarius from Sabinianus his brother
of Apollinarius son of …
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 27109 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mich;8;499 tier-1
- HGV-Text 27109 tier-1
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