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p.oxy.31.2594 IIOxyrhynchos
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Letter to a brother about advice concerning slave girls. A private letter from an unnamed writer to his brother at Oxyrhynchus in the 2nd century AD. He recalls advising him in person about slave girls, insists the advice was given out of affection after his own bad experience with them, and wishes him well in whatever he has done, closing with greetings from family and friends. machine translation
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TM 26938.
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- Letter HGV-meta OxyrhynchosII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
[…]
τῶι ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν.
καὶ κατʼ ὄψιν σοι ἐνετειλάμην περὶ παιδισκῶν σὺ δὲ δοκεῖς με
ἄλλως περὶ σοῦ φρονεῖν
καὶ οὐ φιλῶν σε συνβούλευον, ἐμοῦ παθόντος ἀπʼ αὐτῶν. ἄλλʼ
ὅ τι ἔπραξας γένοιτο
ἐπὶ τοῦ συμφέροντος.
περὶ ὧν βούλει γράφε μοι. ἀσπάζεταί σε
τὰ ἀβάσκαντά σου παιδία καὶ ἡ ἀδελφή σου
καὶ οἱ φίλοι πάντες.
ἄσπασαι Θαῆσιν.
ἐρρῶσαι εὔχομαι.
[v]
ἀπόδος ?
…Translations (1)
[recto]
[…] to his brother, greetings.
I instructed you in person about the slave girls, but you seem to think that I am of a different mind concerning you,
and that I was not advising you out of love for you, when I myself had suffered at their hands. But
whatever you have done, may it turn out
to your advantage.
Write to me about whatever you wish. Your children, may the evil eye spare them, greet you, and so does your sister
and all the friends.
Greet Thaesis.
I pray for your health.
[verso]
Deliver (?)
…
Connections
Found at
Oxyrhynchus
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 26938 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;31;2594 tier-1
- HGV-Text 26938 tier-1
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