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p.oxy.14.1664 ca. 200Oxyrhynchos
Letter to a Gymnasiarch via HGV-meta
Letter of Philosarapis to the former strategos Apion. A courteous private letter from Philosarapis, a serving hieropoios (sacrificial official) of Antaiopolis, to Apion, a gymnasiarch and former strategos of the Antaiopolite nome. He assures Apion that the people and gods of his home town remember him fondly and offers to carry out any commissions for him there; it dates to about AD 200 and was found at Oxyrhynchus. machine translation
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TM 21964.
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- Letter to a Gymnasiarch HGV-meta Oxyrhynchosca. 200
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
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Transcription
[r]
χαῖρε, κύριέ μου Ἀπίων, Φιλοσάραπίς
σε προσαγορεύω εὐχόμενός σε σώζεσθαι
πανοικησίᾳ καὶ εὖ διάγειν.
ὅτι οὐ μόνοι ἡμεῖς μεμνήμεθά σου ἀλλὰ
καὶ αὐτοὶ ἡμῶν οἱ πάτριοι θεοί, τοῦτο
δῆλον ἅπασιν, πᾶσα γὰρ ἡμῶν ἡ ἡλικία ἐν τοῖς στέρνοις σε περιφέρει, μεμνημένη τῆς ἀγαθῆς σου προαιρέσεως. περὶ τῶν ἀπὸ πατρίδος σοι χρειωδῶν, κύριέ μου, ἐπίστελλέ μοι ἡδέως ἔχοντι, τὰς γὰρ ἐντολάς σου ἥδιστα
ἔχων ὡς χάριτας λήμψομαι. προσαγορεύω τὸν ἀξιολογώτατον γυμνασίαρχον Ὡρίωνα. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι,
κύριέ μου χρηστὲ καὶ εὐγενέστατε
Ἀπίων, διὰ βίου εὖ διάγοντα
μεθʼ ὧν ἡδέως διάγεις.
[v]
Ἀπίωνι γυμνασιάρχωι στρατηγήσαντι Ἀνταιοπολείτου
παρὰ Φιλοσαράπιδος ἐνάρχου
ἱεροποιοῦ Ἀνταιουπόλεως.Translations (1)
[recto]
Greetings, my lord Apion. I, Philosarapis, salute you, praying that you are safe with all your household and prospering.
That not only we remember you but also our ancestral gods themselves, this is clear to all; for our whole generation carries you in its heart, remembering your good disposition. Concerning anything you need from your home town, my lord, write to me, as I am glad to do it, for I shall receive your commands most gladly as favours. I salute the most estimable gymnasiarch Horion. I pray for your health, my good and most noble lord Apion, prospering throughout life together with those with whom you gladly live.
[verso]
To Apion, gymnasiarch, former strategos of the Antaiopolite nome, from Philosarapis, hieropoios in office of Antaiopolis.
Connections
Found at
Oxyrhynchus
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 21964 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;14;1664 tier-1
- HGV-Text 21964 tier-1
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