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p.oslo.3.148 IInd/Ist century B.C.
Private letter via APIS-papyrus
Letter urging the addressee not to disregard a supplication. Fragment of a private Greek letter from Egypt in which the writer, appealing to brotherly affection and swearing by all the gods, urges the addressee not to ignore a supplication and to act together with Ptolemaios through Apollophanes. It dates to the 2nd or 1st century BC; the place is unknown. machine translation
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 78555.
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- Private letter APIS-papyrus Unknown place, province of EgyptIInd/Ist century B.C.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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[…]λης δ[…]…[…]…[…]
σ[…]…ια ἐν προ…[…]…ους[…]…
κατʼ ἀδελφικὴν αἵρεσιν. ὄψῃ δέ, ἐὰν
σωθῶμεν σὺν τῇ τῶν θεῶν προνοίαι,
δ[…]αν ἀνθρώπου πρὸς ἄνθρωπον.
καίπερ εἰδὼς ὅτι ἀπροσδέητος εἶ
παρακλήσεως τῶι σε διαφορὰν καὶ
λογισμὸν ἔχειν καὶ ἑτέρους παραινεῖν δυνάμενον τὰ πλείω οὐκ ἐδοκίμασʼ ἂν διασαφεῖν, ἐξορκίζω σε
τοὺς θεοὺς πάντας καὶ τὴν ἔνοικον
σωτηρίαν μὴ παραπέμψαι τὴν ἱκετηρίαν, ἀλλὰ σὺν Πτολεμαίωι διὰ
Ἀπολλοφάνου γενηθῆναι ……σε με
παρα……… ἔρρωσο. […] ια.
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ιζ ση…Translations (1)
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[...] [...] [...]
[...] in [...]
in brotherly attachment. And you will see, if we come through safely with the providence of the gods, [...] of man towards man.
Although I know that you have no need of exhortation, since you possess discernment and judgement and are able to advise others, I would not have thought it right to explain more fully; I adjure you by all the gods and by the safety of your household not to disregard the supplication, but together with Ptolemaios, through Apollophanes, to be [...] me [...]
Farewell. [...] 11 (?).
[verso]
17 [...]
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 78555 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oslo;3;148 tier-1
- HGV-Text 78555 tier-1
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