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p.oxy.14.1679 IIIOxyrhynchos
Letter of Apia to Serapias via HGV-meta
Letter from Apia to her mother Serapias about garments sent with a mender. A private letter from Apia to her mother Serapias at Oxyrhynchus, sent with a mender who carries saffron-coloured linen garments for Serapias' daughter and for Heraklammon. Apia reassures her mother that all are well, mentions that Agathos will bring things for a festival, and sends greetings to family members. It dates to the 3rd century AD. machine translation
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TM 31787.
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- Letter of Apia to Serapias HGV-meta OxyrhynchosIII
Inscriptions (1)
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· Greek
Transcription
[r]
Ἀπία[…] Σεραπιάδι τῇ κυρίᾳ
μητρὶ χαίρειν.
πολλά σε ἀσπάζομαι, κυρία, εὐχομένη σοι τὰ κάλλιστα. κόμισαι,
κυρία, παρὰ τῆς ἠπητρίας τὰ κρόκινα ὀθονίδια τῆς
θυγατρός σου, χιτῶνα καὶ ἡρατιανόν, καὶ Ἡρακλάμμωνι
χιτῶνα. νομίζω δὲ ὅτι ἐπιγνώσει
ποῖά ἐστιν τὰ τῆς θυγατρός σου.
αὐτὰ γὰρ εἰς ἀμφότερα εἵλιξα.
ἡ ἠπήτρια μεταδώσει σοι διὰ λόγων
ὅσα αὐτῇ εἶπον. λίαν γὰρ ὀψέ σοι
ταῦτα ἔγραψα. Ἄγαθος δὲ τῇ ἐνάτῃ τάχα πρὸς σὲ γείνεται ἐνέγκαι σοί τινα πρὸς τὴν ἑορτήν. ὥστε, κυρία, μὴ μετεωρίζου, καλῶς διάγομεν. Σερῆνος ὁ υἱός
σου πολλά σε ἀσπάζεται, καὶ
Λούκις καὶ Τεχῶσις καὶ τὰ παιδία
καὶ Τααμόις καὶ οἱ ἡμῶν πάντες.
τοὺς ἡμῶν ἀσπάζομαι. Λουκάμμωνα τὸν ἀδελφὸν πολλὰ ἀσπάζομαι, οὗ δέομαι γράψαι
ἡμῖν εἰ ἐκομίσατο τὸν χιτῶνα αὐτοῦ παρὰ τοῦ Λεύκου, ἐπεὶ
Βηρύλλος ἐπελάθετο αὐτὸν ἆραι.
Ἀλέξανδρον καὶ Κυριλλοῦν πολλὰ ἀσπάζομαι.
ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι.
[v]
Σεραπιάδι μητρὶ παρὰ Ἀπίας.Translations (1)
[recto]
Apia […] to Serapias, her lady mother, greetings.
I greet you warmly, lady, praying for all the best for you. Receive, lady, from the mender the saffron-coloured linen garments of your daughter, a tunic and a heratianon (?), and a tunic for Heraklammon. I think you will recognize which are your daughter's, for I wrapped them up together. The mender will pass on to you by word of mouth all that I told her, for I wrote this to you very late. Agathos will perhaps come to you on the ninth to bring you some things for the festival. So, lady, do not be anxious; we are well. Your son Serenos greets you warmly, and Loukis and Techosis and the children and Taamois and all our people. I greet our people. I greet warmly my brother Loukammon, whom I ask to write to us whether he received his tunic from Leukos, since Beryllos forgot to take it. I greet Alexandros and Kyrillous warmly. I pray for your health.
[verso]
To Serapias, her mother, from Apia.
Connections
Found at
Oxyrhynchus
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 31787 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;14;1679 tier-1
- HGV-Text 31787 tier-1
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