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p.mich.8.517 III - IV
Private Letter via APIS-papyrus
Letter from Ptolemaios to his mother Tamystha. The opening of a private letter from Ptolemaios to his mother Tamystha, with the usual wishes for her health and a prayer on her behalf before the god Sarapis. He mentions sending her letters before the text breaks off. It dates to the 3rd or 4th century AD. machine translation
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 30517.
Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.
- Private Letter APIS-papyrus unknown place (perhaps Alexandria?IIIrd century/IVth century A.D.
- Ptolemaeus to Tamystha HGV-meta unbekanntIII - IV
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Πτολεμαῖος Ταμύσθᾳ τῇ μητρὶ
χαίρειν.
πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν καὶ τὸ προσκύνημά σου
ποιῶ παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Σαράπιδι.
ἀπέστειλά σοι τάδε ἐπιστόλια[…]
[… ? lines lost …]Translations (1)
Ptolemaios to Tamystha his mother,
greetings.
Before all else I pray that you are in good health, and I make your obeisance before the lord Sarapis.
I have sent you these letters […]
[…]
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 30517 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mich;8;517 tier-1
- HGV-Text 30517 tier-1
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