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Letter of Ammonius to Julius and Hilarus via HGV-meta

Letter from Ammonios to his brothers Julius and Hilaros. A private letter from Ammonios to Julius and Hilaros, whom he calls brothers, apologizing in effect for an apparent lack of courtesy: he insists he is no barbarian or inhuman Egyptian, explains he hurried to see his family after a year and to leave Egypt before winter, and promises to visit soon. It comes from Oxyrhynchus in the 3rd century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Ἀμμώνιος Ἰουλίῳ καὶ Ἱλάρῳ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς πλεῖστα χαίρειν. ἴσως με νομίζετε, ἀδελφοί, βάρβαρόν τινα ἢ Αἰγύπτιον ἀνάνθρωπον εἶναι. ἀλλὰ ἀξιῶ μὴ οὕτως ἔχειν, πρῶτον μὲν ἀπὸ μέρους πεῖραν λαβόντας τῆς ἡμετέρας γνώμης, πολλὰ δέ με ἤπειξε πρὸς τοὺς ἐμοὺς γενέσθαι, πρῶτον μὲν τὸ διʼ ἐνιαυτοῦ αὐτοὺς θεάσασθαι, εἶτα τὸ βούλεσθαι πρὸ χειμῶνος καταλεῖψαι τὴν Αἴγυπτον. ἐλπίζω οὖν μετὰ τρεῖς καὶ ἐγὼ πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐλθεῖν καὶ τὰ περὶ ἐμοῦ ὑμῖν ἐξηγήσασθαι. ἀσπάσασθε τὴν ἀδελφὴν Ἱερωνίδα μετὰ Ἰουλίου τοῦ συμβίου καὶ Ἰσιδώραν μετὰ τῶν […]…[…] [… ? lines lost …] [v] ἀπόδος Ἰουλίῳ καὶ Ἱλάρῳ ἀδελφοῖς παρὰ Ἀμμωνίου.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Ammonios to Julius and Hilaros, his brothers, very many greetings. Perhaps you think, brothers, that I am some barbarian or an inhuman Egyptian. But I ask you not to think so, first because you have had some partial experience of our disposition; and many things urged me to go to my own people, first to see them after a year, and then the wish to leave Egypt before winter. So I hope that in three (days?) I too will come to you and explain my affairs to you. Greet our sister Hieronis with Julius her husband, and Isidora with the […] […] […] [verso] Deliver to Julius and Hilaros, brothers, from Ammonios.

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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