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Letter of Palex to Chinthonis via HGV-meta

Letter from Palex to his sister Chinthonis about his arrival in Alexandria. A private letter from Palex to his sister Chinthonis, telling her he arrived safely in Alexandria on 20 Epeiph and asking her to send Thonis to him. He complains that the purse of copper money she sent was short of the full sum, and sends greetings from himself and their mother Sarapas to many relatives. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Πάλεξ Χινθώνι τῇ ἀδελφῇ χαίρειν. πρὸ μεν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὁλοκληρεῖν καὶ τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ θεῷ Σαράπιδι. πᾶν ποίησον σὲ ἀπελθεῖν παρὰ Θῶνιν καὶ πέμψον μοι αὐτὸν εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν. ἐπεὶ δὲ εἰς τὴν τάξιν τοῦ καθολικοῦ παρεδόθημεν, τὸ μαρσίππιν τῶν χαλκίνων ὃ ἔπεμψάς μοι οὐχ εὗρον τὸ πλῆρος τῶν χαλκίνων ἐν αὐτῷ τάλαντον ἓν ο[…] καὶ δραχμὰς Βσ. εἰδέναι σε θέλω ὅτι εἰσήλθαμεν εἰς Αλεξάνδρειαν ὁλοκληροῦντες τῇ εἰκάδι Ἐπείφ. ἀσπάζω Φιλουμένην σὺν τοῖς τέκνοις καὶ Πτολεμῖνον καὶ τὴν σύνβιον αὐτοῦ. ἀσπάζει ὑμᾶς πάντας ἡ μήτηρ ὑμῶν Σαραπᾶς, Φιλουμένην σὺν τοῖς τέκνοις καὶ Ὠριγένην καὶ Χινθῶνιν καὶ Μασκουλῖνον καὶ τὴν σύνβιον αὐτοῦ καὶ Ἡράκλειαν καὶ Αἶαν καὶ Πτολεμῖνον καὶ τὴν σύνβιον αὐτοῦ. [v] παρὰ Πάλεξ ἀπόδος Χινθώνι.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Palex to Chinthonis his sister, greeting. Before all else I pray that you are in good health, and I make obeisance for you every day before the lord god Sarapis. Do everything to go to Thonis and send him to me in Alexandria. Since we were handed over to the staff of the katholikos, the purse of copper coins which you sent me, I did not find the full amount of copper coins in it, one talent […] and 2,200 drachmas. I want you to know that we arrived in Alexandria in good health on the twentieth of Epeiph. I greet Philoumene with her children, and Ptoleminos and his wife. Your mother Sarapas greets you all, Philoumene with her children, and Origenes and Chinthonis, and Masculinus and his wife, and Herakleia and Aia and Ptoleminos and his wife. [verso] From Palex. Deliver to Chinthonis.

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