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p.oxy.1.118 spätes IIIOxyrhynchos

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Letter from Saras and Eudaimon to their son Diogenes about preparations for a visitor. A letter from Saras and Eudaimon to their son Diogenes, preparing for the visit of an important person. They ask him to arrange a ferry-boat, writing to the strategos and eirenarchs for their safety if needed, to bring supplies and frankincense from the priests for the guest's entertainment, to hurry, and to send back two delayed cooks. It dates to the late 3rd century AD and comes from Oxyrhynchus. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[v] Σάρας καὶ Εὐδαίμων Διογένει τῷ υἱῷ χαίρειν. συμβουλευθέντες ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀξιολογωτάτου Ἀμμωνίωνος διὰ τὸ ἄδηλον τῆς ὁδοιπορίας πορθμεῖον μεταπέμψασθαι, ἐπέμψαμέν σοι ἐπίσταλμα ἵνʼ ἐὰν μὲν πεισθέντες σοι πέμψωσιν σοῦ παρόντος κατασχῇς ἃ δεῖ, εἰ δὲ μήγε, ἐπιστείλῃς τῷ τε στρατηγῷ καὶ τοῖς εἰρηνάρχαις ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀσφαλείας ἡμῶν καταχωρισθησόμενον. εἰδὼς δὲ ὁποία ἐστὶν καὶ ἡ ξενία, λαβὼν παρὰ τῶν ἱερέων ὀλίγον χ[…]…ιν καὶ λιβανωτόν τινα συναγοράσας ἀγαθόν, ἐρχόμενος ἔνεγκε. ἀκούομεν ὅτι δύο ἡμέρας ἐν τῇἩρακλεοπολίτη ἔχει, ὅθεν κατὰ τὴν προσοῦσάν σοι ἐπιμέλειαν σπεῦσον, ἔχων ὧν χάριν καὶ ὥρμησας· οὐδὲν γὰρ ὄφελος ὑστερήσαντος τῶν χρειωδῶν τῇ παρουσίᾳ αὐτοῦ. Ἀμμωνᾶς καὶ Διόσκορος οἱ μάγειροι ἀνεληλύθασιν εἰς τὸν Ὀξυρυγχείτην ὡς εὐθέως ἐξελευσόμενοι. ἐπεὶ οὖν βραδύνουσι μήποτε αὐτῶν χρεία γένοιτο εὐθέως αὐτοὺς ἐξέλασον. ἔρρωσό μοι εὐτυχῶς. ἔρρωσο ἐμοί τε καὶ σοὶ εὐτυχῶς. [r] Διογένει.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[verso] Saras and Eudaimon to Diogenes their son, greetings. Having been advised by the most worthy Ammonion, because of the uncertainty of the journey, to send for a ferry-boat, we have sent you a letter, so that if they are persuaded by you and send it, you may, while you are present, secure what is needed; but if not, you may write to the strategos and the eirenarchs, a letter to be registered for our safety. And knowing what sort of hospitality is required, get a little […] from the priests and, buying also some good frankincense, bring them when you come. We hear that he is spending two days in the Herakleopolite nome, so with your usual diligence make haste, having the things for which you set out; for there is no use if the necessary things come later than his arrival. Ammonas and Dioskoros the cooks have gone up to the Oxyrhynchite nome intending to come straight back. Since then they are delaying, in case there should be need of them, send them off at once. Farewell, I pray, with good fortune. Farewell, for me and for you, with good fortune. [recto] To Diogenes.

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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