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p.oslo.2.59 IVHermopolites

Letter via HGV-meta

Letter from the prophet Ambrosios to his son urging him to come home. A private letter from Ambrosios, a prophet (priest), to his son, urging him to drop everything and come with his wife because the community has become very small and their priest Hermeias has died. He mentions recommending his son to Helladios and to Hesychios the speculator. Fourth century AD. machine translation

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Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 33592. Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

  • Letter HGV-meta HermopolitesIV
  • Private letter APIS-papyrus Pentaso, Memphite nome, province oIVth century A.D.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] […]… Ἀμβροσίου. ἐὰν οὖν εὐκαιρίας τύχῃς, πάντα ὑπερθέμενος ἧκε μετὰ τῆς συμβίου σου. χρεία γὰρ σοῦ ἐστιν ἀπὸ νῦν μάλιστα, ἐπεὶ ὀλίγιστοι ἐγενόμεθα. καὶ πάντως ἦν γνωστὸν ἀπʼ ἐμῶν γραμμάτων ὅτι ἀλλοτρι…… ὁ γὰρ ἱερεὺς ἡμῶν Ἑρμείας ἀπεγένετο. παρεθέμην δέ σε καὶ τῷ κυρίῳ μου Ἑλλαδίῳ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῷ δεσπότῃ μου Ἡσυχίῳ τῷ σπεκουλάτορι ὡσαύτως ἐν τῇ κώμῃ ἐπεστάλη ἀπὸ τοῦ φίλου περι …πν[…]. ἔρρωσό μοι ἅμα τῷ υἱῷ ἡμῶν καὶ τῆς μητρὸς ἡμῶν πανοικησίᾳ. [v] παρὰ Ἀμβροσίου προφήτου πατρ[…] ἐν Πεντα… παρὰ τοῦ ἐμοῦ πατρὸς Ἀμβροσίου

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] […] of Ambrosios. So if you find an opportunity, put everything aside and come with your wife. For there is need of you from now on especially, since we have become very few. And it was surely known from my letters that […] (?). For our priest Hermeias has died. I have also commended you to my lord Helladios, and also to my master Hesychios the speculator; likewise in the village it was sent by the friend concerning […]. Farewell, together with our son and our mother, with all your household. [verso] From Ambrosios, prophet, father […] in Penta[…] From my father Ambrosios

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Found at Hermopolites

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