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p.mil.2.79 III
Lettera di Hermes a Herakleides via HGV-meta
Letter from Hermes to Herakleides about his whereabouts. A fragmentary private letter from Hermes to Herakleides, written in the 3rd century AD. Hermes says that while in the Oxyrhynchite nome he asked after Herakleides and learned of his whereabouts twice, at two different places. The rest, which mentions a weaver, is too damaged to follow. machine translation
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TM 31540.
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- Lettera di Hermes a Herakleides HGV-meta unbekanntIII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
Ἑρμῆς Ἡρακλείδηι τῶι φιλτάτωι
χαίρειν.
γενόμενος ἐν
Ὀξυρυγχείτῃ ἐπυθόμην περὶ
σοῦ καὶ ἔμαθόν
σε ἐν …ρηκτῃ· ὕστερον δὲ πάλιν
ἐξετάσας ἔμαθόν
σε ἐν ρ…[…]…[…]ἐγὼ
ἐρώτησα εἰ ἐδήλωσέν μοι πῳ ἀλλα γραφεται εἰ […]
γέρδις α[…]
κ…ιδια ἀναγκαίως
σοι οἶδα […]αφειλ…ρα
[v]
παρὰ Ἑρμοῦ γραμ …ω[…]Translations (1)
[recto]
Hermes to his dearest Herakleides, greetings.
When I was in the Oxyrhynchite nome I inquired about you and learned that you were in […]rekte; but later, having inquired again, I learned that you were in R…[…]. I asked whether he had informed me somehow (?) … is written (?) … if […] weaver […] … necessarily … to you I know […]
[verso]
From Hermes, … […]
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 31540 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mil;2;79 tier-1
- HGV-Text 31540 tier-1
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