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p.oxy.12.1493 spätes III - frühes IVOxyrhynchites (?)

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Letter from Thonis to Herakleios about the care of his son. A Christian letter from Thonis to Herakleios, telling him that his son arrived safely on the 10th of Thoth and that Thonis will care for him like his own son and make him attend to his work. It dates to the late 3rd or early 4th century AD, probably from the Oxyrhynchite nome. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Θῶνις Ἡρακλήῳ τῷ φιλτάτῳ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὁλοκληρεῖν καὶ ὑγιαίνειν παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ θεῷ. γινώσκειν σε θέλω, ἄδελφε, ὅτι κατὰ τὴν ι τοῦ ὄντος μηνὸς Θὼθ ἐκομισάμην σου τὸν υἱὸν εὐρωστοῦντα καὶ ὁλοκληροῦντα διὰ παντός. τούτου οὖν τὴν ἐπιμέλειαν ποιήσω ὡς ἰδίου υἱοῦ. οὐκ ἀμελήσω δὲ ἀναγκάζειν αὐτὸν παραπροσέχειν τῷ ἔργῳ ἐκ τούτου θεοῦ […]ρε…[…]ολο[…] [… ? lines lost …] [v] [… 1 line lost …]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Thonis to his dearest Herakleios, very many greetings. Before all else I pray that you are in full health and well in the presence of the Lord God. I want you to know, brother, that on the 10th of the present month Thoth I received your son, strong and in good health in every way. I will therefore take care of him as of my own son. And I will not neglect to compel him to pay attention to the work, from this (?) God […] […] […] [verso] […]

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Found at Oxyrhynchites

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