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p.mich.8.508 II - IIIAlexandria, province of Egypt

Private Letter via APIS-papyrus

Two letters from Thaisarion to her brothers and sister Serapous. A papyrus carrying two private letters from a woman named Thaisarion, one to her brother Serenus and another brother, the other to her sister Serapous and her brothers. She mentions sending sandals and reeds, money spent on her brother Ptolemaios' dinner, asks for radish oil for her coming childbirth and eye-salve, and complains that her family has not written. It dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD and is associated with Alexandria. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Θαισάριον Σερήνῳ καὶ …[…]…[…]τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς πλεῖστα χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαι ὑμᾶςὑγιαίνειν καὶ τὸ προσκύνημα ἡμῶν ποιῶ παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Σαράπιδι. γινώσκειν ὑμᾶς θέλω ὅτι ἐκομισάμην παρὰ Νίλου […]φ…[…]. κόμισαι οὖν καὶ σὺ παρʼ αὐτοῦ δεσμὸν καλάμων καὶ σόλια τέσσαρα Ἡραίδι καὶ δύο Σερήνῳ καὶ ἓν Ἀμμωνίῳ καὶ ἓν Χ…[…]…[…]…ν καὶ φουκάριον. ὅταν ἡ ἀδελφὴ …[…]… καὶ π[…]…α καλῶς ἐν τάχει μοι πέμψον ἐπιστόλιον. ἀσπάζομαι Ἀμμώνιον καὶ Σαμποῦν. ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς πάντας Πτολεμαῖος καὶ Ἀλέξανδρος. Θαισάριον Σεραποῦτι τῇ ἀδελφῇ καὶ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς πλεῖστα χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαι ὑμᾶς ὑγιαίνειν καὶ τὸ προσκύνημα ὑμῶν ποιῶ παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Σαράπιδι. γινώσκειν ὑμᾶς θέλω ὅτι ὁ ἀδελφὸς ἡμῶν Πτολεμαῖος ἀνέβη τὸ πρωὶ τῇ[…]ὥρᾳ Ἐπὶφ θ. καὶ ἐδαπάνησα εἰς τὸ δεῖπνον αὐτοῦ ὅ τι ἐπέμψατέ μοι. καὶ ὑμεῖς τὴν ἡμίσιαν πέμψατέ μοι ῥαφανελαίου κεράμια δύο ὡς τῆς τιμῆς οὗ δεδαπάνηκα. καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ χρείαν ἔχω αὐτῶν ὅταν τίκτω. καὶ ὑμῶν γὰρ ἀδελφός ἐστιν. Ἀμμώνιος γὰρ ἀνέπλευσεν μετὰ τοῦ ἐπάρχου, αὐτοῦ ὢν ἐκ τῆς συσσιτίας, καὶ ὅπου ἐὰν ᾖ κατέλαβεν ἡμᾶς. ἐὰν δοκῇ τῇ μητρί μου ἐλθεῖν μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἑτοιμασάτω αὑτήν. ἡμεῖς δὲ οὐδὲ ἠξιώσατε γράψαι μίαν ἐπιστολήν. καὶ κάδιόν μοι πέμψατε κολλουρίου …εχ……[…]…σμε…α…[…]…οι ἐρρῶσθαι. [v] ἀπόδος Σερήνῳ[…]…… […]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Thaisarion to Serenus and […] her brothers, very many greetings. Before all else I pray that you are well, and I make obeisance for us before the lord Sarapis. I want you to know that I received from Nilos […]. So you too receive from him a bundle of reeds and 4 pairs of sandals (?) for Herais and 2 for Serenus and 1 for Ammonios and 1 for Ch[…] and a little cloak (?). When our sister […] and […] well, send me a little letter quickly. I greet Ammonios and Sampous. Ptolemaios and Alexandros greet you all. Thaisarion to Serapous her sister and to her brothers, very many greetings. Before all else I pray that you are well, and I make obeisance for you before the lord Sarapis. I want you to know that our brother Ptolemaios went up early in the morning at the […] hour on Epeiph 9. And I spent on his dinner what you had sent me. So you too send me the half, 2 jars of radish oil, as the value of what I have spent. For I too need them for when I give birth. For he is your brother too. For Ammonios sailed up with the prefect, being one of his mess-companions, and wherever he may be he has caught up with us. If my mother decides to come with him, let her get herself ready. But you did not even think it worth writing a single letter. And send me a little jar of eye-salve […] I pray for your health. [verso] Deliver to Serenus […]

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Found at Alexandria

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