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p.oxy.17.2151 III
Letter of Italicus via HGV-meta
Letter from Italicus to his mother and sister. A private letter from Italicus to his mother and sister, complaining that they have never written about their health despite his letters, and saying he has no clothes. The letter breaks off where he begins a request, and ends with greetings from several people, including Victoria and his brother Stephanos. It dates to the 3rd century AD and comes from Oxyrhynchus. machine translation
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 30674.
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- Letter of Italicus HGV-meta unbekanntIII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r,ctr]
κυρίᾳ μου μητρὶ καὶ κυρίᾳ μου
ἀδελφῇ Ἰταλικὸς χαίρειν.
καὶ διὰ Εὐφρανίου ὑμῖν ἔγραψα
τὰ κατʼ ἐμὲ ὅπως διάκειμαι,
ὑμεῖς δέ μοι οὐδὲ ἅπαξ ἐδηλώσατε περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας ὑμῶν,
ὅπερ καὶ ἂν νῦν ποιήσατε διὰ τῶν
ἐρχομένων πρὸς ἡμᾶς. καὶ γὰρ καὶ
διὰ γραμμάτων ὑμῖν ἔγραψα ὅτι
γυμνός εἰμι. διὸ ἀξιῶ σε, κυρία μου
μῆτερ,[…]…[…]…α…[…]…τ[…]
[… ? lines lost …]
[r,ms]
τοὺς ἡμῶν κατʼ ὄνομα. ἀσπάζονται ὑμᾶς[…]
καὶ Οὐικτωρία καὶ Τυ……ς καὶ …[…]καὶ
ὁ ἀδελφὸς Στέφανος καὶ …ατο…[…]
[v]
κυρίᾳ μου μητρὶ Περικ[…]Translations (1)
[recto, centre]
To my lady mother and my lady sister, Italicus, greetings.
I wrote to you also through Euphranios about my affairs, how I am doing, but you have not let me know even once about your well-being; please do so now at least through those coming to us. For I also wrote to you in a letter that I am naked. Therefore I ask you, my lady mother, […]
[… lines lost …]
[recto, margin]
[…] our people by name. [Greetings to you from] […] and Victoria and Ty[…] and […] [and] our brother Stephanos and […]
[verso]
To my lady mother Perik[…]
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 30674 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;17;2151 tier-1
- HGV-Text 30674 tier-1
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