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p.oxy.14.1678 III

Letter of Theon to his Mother via HGV-meta

Letter from Theon to his mother. A private letter from Theon to his mother, apologising for not coming up to the Oxyrhynchite nome, asking her not to neglect her daughter, and offering to bring purple dye or oil if she wishes. It closes with greetings to many relatives and gives a delivery address in the Teumenouthis quarter. It dates to the 3rd century AD and comes from Oxyrhynchus. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] κυρίᾳ μου μητρὶ Θέων χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὁλοκληρεῖν καὶ ὑγιαίνειν παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ θεῷ. μὴ νομίσῃς, κυρία μου μῆτερ, ὅτι ἡμέλησα μὴ ἀναβῆναιἐν τῷ Ὀξυρειχείτῃ. οἶδας ὅτι, εἰ ὑστερήσει τῆς πρωτοκαιρίας, μετὰ ταῦτα εἴδη ἄλλην ἐλπίδαν οὐκ ἔχομεν. πᾶν οὖν ποιήσεις, κυρία μου μῆτερ, μὴ ἀμελῆσαι τῆς θυγατρός σου. ὁ γὰρ ἀδελφός μου προσέριψε τὸν πῶλον. δεῖ σε αὐτὸν προσέχειν, καὶ οὐκ ἐδυνήθην ἀνελθεῖν. ἐὰν δὲ δοκεῖ σοι με ἀνελθεῖν, γράψον μοι καὶ ἔρχομαι. εἰ δὲ δοκεῖ σοι ἀπελθεῖν εἰς τὴν λαμπροτάτην Ἀλεξάνδρειαν, γράψον μοι, καὶ ὅ δοκεῖ σοι τί ἐνέγκαι εἴτε πορφύριον γράψον μοι, ποταπὸν θέλεις ἐνέγκω γράψον μοι, εἴτε ἐλάδιον, πόσον ἐνέγκω γράψον μοι, εἴτετι ἄλλο βούλῃ, γράψον μοι. ἀσπάζομαι τὰς ἀδελφάς μου καὶ τὸν πατέρα μου Βαρβαρείωνα καὶ τὴν μητέρα μου Ἡράκλειαν καὶ Εὐτέρπειν καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς καὶ Ἄννειν καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς καὶ Εἶσιν καὶ Εὐτυχεὶν καὶ τὴν μητέρα μου Σωφρόνειν καὶ Νεῖλον καὶ Πυμένειν καὶ τὸν πατέρα ἡμῶν Χοοῦν καὶ τὴν μητέρα ἡμῶν καὶ Ἀφοῦν καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰς ἀδελφὰς αὐτοῦ. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι ὁλοκληροῦσαν. [v] ἀπόδος παρὰ Θέωνος. σημασία ἐν Τευμενοῦτει ἐν τῷ ῥυμείῳ ἀντὶ τοῦ φρέατος.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] To my lady mother, Theon, greetings. Before all else I pray that you are safe and sound and in good health before the Lord God. Do not think, my lady mother, that I neglected to come up to the Oxyrhynchite nome. You know that if (she?) misses the early season, after that we have no other hope for the goods. So you will do everything, my lady mother, not to neglect your daughter. For my brother has thrown away (?) the foal. You must look after it, and I was not able to come up. If you think I should come up, write to me and I will come. If you think you should go away to most splendid Alexandria, write to me, and whatever you think I should bring, whether purple, write to me what kind you want me to bring, or oil, write to me how much I should bring, or if you want anything else, write to me. I greet my sisters and my father Barbareion and my mother Herakleia and Euterpe and her children and Anne and her children and Isis and Eutyches and my mother Sophrone and Neilos and Pymenis and our father Choous and our mother and Aphous and his brother and his sisters. I pray that you are well and safe and sound. [verso] Deliver, from Theon. Address mark: in Teumenouthis, in the lane opposite the well.

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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