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p.mich.8.507 II - IIIAlexandria (?)

Private Letter via APIS-papyrus

Letter from Artemis to Sokrates asking for a legal representative. A private letter from a woman named Artemis to Sokrates, written after she arrived in the city, probably Alexandria, in the 2nd or 3rd century AD. She asks him to send one of his family to act as her legal representative, since a woman could not bring a lawsuit without one, and stresses that the outcome affects them all. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Ἄρτεμις Σωκράτει χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν. παρεγενόμην εἰς τὴν πόλιν τῇ θ. ἐρωτῶ σε ἐὰν δυνασθῇς πέμψον μοι ἕνα ἐξ ὑμῶν ὅτι γὰρ χρείαν ἔχω ἵνα ἔκδικός μοι γίνηται, ἐπὶ γὰρ οὐκ ἔξεστι γυνῇ χωρὶς ἐκδίκου δικάσασθαι. γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐὰν βοηθήσητε σωτηρίαν ἔχει τὸ πρᾶγμα. ἵνα ἐν τάχει ἔλθῃ, μάθετε οὖν ὅτι ἐὰν βλάπτω καὶ ὑμεῖς μέλλετε βλάπτειν, ἐὰν δὲ κερδήσωμεν ὑμῶν ἐστιν τὸ πρᾶγμα. ἀσπάζομεν τὴν μητέρα ὑμῶν Θατρῆν καὶ Ἀχιλλᾶν καὶ Σαραπίωνα καὶ Πτολεμαῖον καὶ Κάστορα καὶ Τασουχάριον. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι. [v] ἀπόδος […]…[…]…… ἀπὸ Ἁρπακύσεως ………ς

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Artemis to Sokrates, greetings. Before all else I pray that you are in good health. I arrived in the city on the 9th. I ask you, if you can, send me one of you, for I have need of someone to be my legal representative, since a woman is not permitted to go to law without a representative. Know that if you help, the matter has a chance of being saved. So that he may come quickly, understand then that if I suffer loss, you too will suffer loss, but if we win, the matter is yours. I greet your mother Thatres and Achillas and Sarapion and Ptolemaios and Kastor and Tasoucharion. I pray for your health. [verso] Deliver […] from Harpakysis […]

Connections

Found at Alexandria

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