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Letter from Aroous to her Brother, a Priest via HGV-meta

Letter from Aroous to her brother, a priest of Arsaisis. A private letter of the 3rd century AD from a woman named Aroous to her brother, a priest of the god Arsaisis. She complains that Onnophris and another woman have not paid her, asks him to come quickly, gives instructions about workers plaiting baskets, and mentions a sieve, a boat and papyrus. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Ἀροοῦς[…]τῷ ἀδελφῶι πλεῖστα χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν καὶ τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν παρὰ τοῖς πατρῴοις ἡμῶν θεοῖς, εὐχομένη ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν τὰ ἐν βίῳ κάλλιστα ὑμῖν ὑπαρχθῆναι γεινώσκειν τὸν Ὀννῶφριν θέλω ὅτι μέχρι δεῦρο[…]οὐδέν μοι ἔδωκεν. καὶ μὴ ἀμελήσῃς περὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ[…] ἔλθῃς πρὸς ἐμὲ ἐν τάχει. καὶ μὴ ἀφῇς τὸν […]καὶ τὸν Σαραπάμμωνα ἀποστῆναι τῶν ἑκα[…]ειν μοι ὅτι ἀτακτοῦσιν. εἰκῇ παράδος αὐτοῖς[…]τάχιον πλέξαι κανίσκια ἢ ἄλλο τι. ἔγραψας […] παρὰ τῆς γυναικὸς ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς ἑξήκοντα καὶ μέχρι δεῦρο οὐδέν μοι ἔδωκεν. κόμισαι παρὰ τοῦ ε […] τοῦ Τῦβι κοίκιν ἀρταβίαιον. καὶ περὶ τοῦ […]ειν με καὶ περὶ οὗ χρείαν ἔχεις, δήλωσόν μοι[…]τὸ πλοῖον τὸ περιβάλλον τὰ σχοινάρια πεδ[…]…ντειται. περὶ δὲ παπύρων ἔνι παρ ἡμῖν. […] τῆς ὁδοῦ, ἵνα καὶ ἐγὼ ἔλθω πρὸς ὑμᾶς, εἰ […]ἤλπικα […]οὐκ ὀλίγην γάρ μοι ἀθυμίαν εν κ…[…]…μικη πλέξαι Ὀννῶφρι […]μην σ[…]ολιν ἔχουσαν ἄλλον […] τὸ γλυκ[…]ν· οὐ γάρ ἐστιν του…ο […]ς ἦλθε […]ι μέχρι δεύρου οὔτε […]οὐδὲν δι…[…]α ὁ πᾶς ἐρχόμενός σου […]ν…[…] δὲ κόμισαι παρὰ τοῦ [… ? lines lost …] [v] […]… τὰ γράμματα … …ε…π…[…]…υς ἐπι […]… ἄλλας ἐπιστολὰς ἵνα ἐπιστολὰς […]χετου […]νι ἱερεῖ τῆς Ἀρσαίσου παρὰ Ἀροοῦτος […] ἀδελφῆς

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Aroous […] to her brother, very many greetings. Before all else I pray that you are in good health, and I make your obeisance every day before our ancestral gods, praying on your behalf that the finest things in life may be granted to you. I want you to know that Onnophris up to now […] has given me nothing. And do not neglect the matter of the journey […] come to me quickly. And do not allow […] and Sarapammon to leave the […] to me that they are being disorderly. Hand over to them at random (?) […] more quickly to plait little baskets or something else. You wrote […] from the wife 60 drachmas of silver, and up to now she has given me nothing. Get from […] of Tybi a sieve of one artaba's capacity. And about the […] me, and about whatever you need, let me know […] the boat which carries round (?) the little ropes […]. As for papyrus, there is some with us. […] of the journey, so that I too may come to you, if […] I have hoped […] for no small despondency […] to me […] to plait, Onnophris […] having another […] the sweet […]; for it is not […] […] came […] up to now neither […] nothing […] everyone who comes from you […] and get from […] [verso] […] the letters […] […] other letters so that letters […] [To …]nis, priest of Arsaisis, from Aroous, his sister.

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