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p.oslo.2.52 IIOxyrhynchos

Letter via HGV-meta

Letter from Zenarion to her brother Theon about cheeses and a damaged shipment. A private letter from Zenarion to her brother Theon, written at Oxyrhynchus in the 2nd century AD. She reports receiving seven cheeses, some goods damaged by mice, responds to a complaint about a shipment, asks Theon to send Serenos quickly, and sends greetings to family members. machine translation

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  • Letter HGV-meta OxyrhynchosII
  • Private letter APIS-papyrus Oxyrhynchos, Oxyrhynchite nome, prIInd century A.D.
  • Letter APIS-papyrus Oxyrhynchus2nd century A.D.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Ζηνάριον Θέωνι τῶι ἀδελφῶι χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν παντὸς εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν. ἐκομισάμην ζ τυρούς, καὶ ὁ ναυτικὸς εἶπεν μυόβρωτα γεγενῆσθαι τὰ […]. ἐπειδὴ ἔγραψας μὴ εἰληφέναι τὰ[…]…α μηδὲ τὰ τυρία σῶα ἐν αν[…] […]…, διὰ τοῦτο οὐδ[…] αὐτῷ δοῦναι περὶ τ[…] τα αγρα ……αι ν[…] …μι…σ…σ…τας…[…]παραγενέσθαι διὰ τὸ χρείαν αὐτοῦ εἶναι. γράφει μεμφόμενός μου τ[…] εις ἄλλοτε μὴ μέμφεσθαι[…] ἔπειξον Σερῆνον τάχιον πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἐξελθεῖν ἐπειδὴ χρείαν αὐτοῦ ἔχομεν καὶ ἐρχόμενος Σερῆνος ἐκφανήτω ἀνατέλλων. ἀσπάζομαί σε καὶ […]τω τὴν μητέρα σου καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς καὶ Ὁμόνοιαν καὶ Δημήτριον. ἀσπάζονταί σε Ἀγαθοῦς καὶ Εἰσαροῦς καὶ[…] ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι [v] Θέωνι ἀπὸ Ζηναρίου […]…… κοσμητεύσαντος Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Zenarion to Theon her brother, greetings. Before all else I pray that you are in good health. I received 7 cheeses, and the sailor said that the […] had been eaten by mice. Since you wrote that you had not received the […] nor the cheeses safe in […], for this reason not […] to give to him concerning […] […] to come because there is need of him. He writes blaming me […] at another time not to blame […] Urge Serenos to come out to us more quickly, since we have need of him, and when Serenos comes let him appear (?) at sunrise (?). I greet you and […] your mother and your brothers and Homonoia and Demetrios. Agathous and Isarous and […] greet you. I pray for your health. [verso] To Theon from Zenarion […] former kosmetes of the Oxyrhynchites.

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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