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p.oxy.14.1677 IIIOxyrhynchos

Letter of Agathus to Aphrodite via HGV-meta

Letter from Agathos to Aphrodite about a sealed letter of instructions. A private letter from Agathos to Aphrodite, sent from Oxyrhynchus in the 3rd century AD. He tells her that Doxa, the bearer, is bringing a sealed letter of instructions for Ptolemais from Chairemon the embroiderer, asks her to confirm receipt promptly, and sends greetings to her family and friends. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] χαῖρε, Ἀφροδείτη, Ἄγαθός σε ἀσπάζομαι. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν καὶ τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Σαράπιδι. λήμψῃ παρὰ Δόξης τῆς ἀναδιδούσης σοι τὸ ἐπιστολίδιον τὸ ἐντολικὸν Πτολεμαίδος ὃ ἔλαβον παρὰ Χαιρήμονος τοῦ ποικιλτοῦ πέμψαι αὐτῃ ὡς ἔδωκέν μοι ἐσφραγισμένον. ταχέως δήλωσον ἡμῖν διὰ φάσεως ὡς ἀπέσχες, ἵνα μὴ βαρήσεις ἀνθρώποις γράψαι σοι ἐπιστολίδιον, ἵνα μὴ ὀχληρὰ γένῃ παρʼ ἀνθρώποις. καὶ περὶ τῶν πρώτων ἐντολικῶν δήλωσόν μοι. ἄσπασαι τὴν μητέρα σου καὶ τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ Ἄγαθον καὶ Ἡρακλάμμωνα καὶ Διδύμην καὶ Ἀλεξάνδραν καὶ Σι…τρίαν σὺν τῷ ἀνδρί. μαθέτω ὅτι ἀσπάζομαι αὐτήν. ἄσπασαι τοὺς σοὺς πάντας κατʼ ὄνομα ἐξ ὀνόματός μου. ἔχει πάλιν ἡ Δόξα ἄλλα τινὰ ἃ ἔσχεν [… ? lines lost …] [v] Ἀφροδείτῃ παρὰ Ἀγάθου.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Greetings, Aphrodite, I, Agathos, salute you. Before all else I pray that you are in good health, and I make your obeisance before the lord Sarapis. You will receive from Doxa, who is delivering this to you, the little letter of instructions for Ptolemais, which I received from Chairemon the embroiderer to send to her, sealed just as he gave it to me. Let us know quickly by message that you have received it, so that you do not burden people with writing a little letter to you, so that you do not become troublesome among people. And let me know about the first instructions too. Greet your mother and your father and Agathos and Heraklammon and Didyme and Alexandra and Si...tria with her husband. Let her know that I greet her. Greet all your people individually by name in my name. Doxa also has some other things which she received […] […] [verso] To Aphrodite, from Agathos.

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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