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p.oxy.31.2595 IIIOxyrhynchites

Letter of Horigenes via HGV-meta

Letter from Horigenes to the silversmith Serenos. A private letter from Horigenes to Serenos, a silversmith he calls his brother, saying he prays for him daily before the local gods, inviting him to visit for a few days since many people from Oxyrhynchus are there, and reproaching him for not writing back. It dates to the 3rd century AD and comes from the Oxyrhynchite nome. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Ὡριγένης Σερήνωι τῷ ἀδελφῶι χαίρειν. γινώσκειν σε θέλω ὅτι τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν παρὰ τοῖς ἐνθάδε θεοῖς. καλῶς ποιήσεις ἐλθὼν πρὸς ἡμᾶς πρὸς ὀλίγας ἡμέρας. καὶ γὰρ πολλοὶ Ὀξυρυγχῖται ἔνουσι ἐνθάδε. μέμφομαι δέ σε ὅτι οὔπω μοι ἀντέγραψας. ἀσπάζου τὸν ἐπιστάτην καὶ Σαραπάμμωνα τὸν ἀδελφὸν καὶ τὴν διδάσκαλον καὶ τοὺς ἐν οἴκῳ πάντας. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι, ἄδελφε. [v] ἀπόδος Σερήνῳ ἀργυροκόπῳ

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Horigenes to Serenos his brother, greetings. I want you to know that I ⟨make⟩ obeisance for you every day before the gods here. Please come to us for a few days. For many Oxyrhynchites are here. I blame you because you have not yet written back to me. Greet the overseer and Sarapammon the brother and the teacher (female) and all those at home. I pray for your health, brother. [verso] Deliver to Serenos, silversmith.

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Found at Oxyrhynchites

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