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p.mich.8.513 IIIAlexandria
Private Letter via APIS-papyrus
Letter from Chairemon in Alexandria to Serapion asking for news. A fragmentary private letter from Chairemon, who has gone to Alexandria, to Serapion. He complains that he has received no news since his arrival, asks Serapion to write, and sends greetings to several people, including Sarapias and her children and Pasoxis the carpenter. It dates to the 3rd century AD. machine translation
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 30513.
Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.
- Private Letter APIS-papyrus Alexandria(?), province of EgyptIIIrd century A.D.
- Chairemon to Serapion HGV-meta AlexandriaIII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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Χαιρήμων Σεραπίωνι […]χαίρειν.
πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν καὶ τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Σαράπιδι καθʼ ἡμέραν. γινώσκειν
σε θέλω ὅτι καὶ παρ[…]
Λίβυν οὐδεμίαν φάσιν μοι ἀπέστειλας ἀφʼ ἧς ἦλθον εἰς
Ἀλεξάνδρειαν. ἐὰν οὖν με φιλῇς, μὴ ἀμελήσῃς γράψαι
μοι. ἀσπάζομαι τὴν […]
καὶ Σαραπιάδα καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς. ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς Πασόξις ὁ τέκτων καὶ τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν καὶ[…]τὴν σύμβιον αὐτοῦ οναμ[…]
ὑμᾶς κατʼ ὄνομα[…]
…[…]
[v]
ἀπόδος Σαραπίωνι ἀπὸ Χαιρήμονος.[…]Translations (1)
[recto]
Chairemon to Serapion […], greetings.
Before all else I pray for your health, and I make obeisance on your behalf before the lord Sarapis every day. I want you to know that also […]
Libys (?) […] you have sent me no word since I came to Alexandria. If then you love me, do not neglect to write to me. I greet […]
and Sarapias and her children. Pasoxis the carpenter greets you, and your children […] and his wife […]
[…] you by name […]
[…]
[verso]
Deliver to Serapion from Chairemon. […]
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Alexandria
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 30513 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mich;8;513 tier-1
- HGV-Text 30513 tier-1
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