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p.oxy.36.2788 IIIOxyrhynchos

Private Letter via HGV-meta

Private letter asking for news and announcing a visit for the festival. The surviving end of a private letter from Oxyrhynchus, 3rd century AD. The writer asks for news of the family's well-being and whether the landowner has bothered them, plans to come for a festival, sends greetings, and explains that road conditions prevented sending anything; a final line mentions unpaid interest on a pledge since the death of Philoumene. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[… ? lines lost …] γράψαι σοι ὅπως ἀντιγράψῃς μοι πρὸ μὲν πάντων περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας ὑμῶν καὶ εἰ ὁ γεοῦχος ἠνώχλησεν ὑμῖν. παρατηρήσεις δὲ καὶ τοὺς τοῦ Σαρμάτου ἐρχομένους ἐνθάδε ὅπως διὰ αὐτῶν μοι γράψῃς περὶ ὧν βούλει. σὺν θεῷ δὲ φάναι καὶ ἐγὼ ἥξω πρὸς ὑμᾶς πρὸς τὴν πανηγυρικήν. ἄσπασαι Σαραπίωνα καὶ τὸν υἱὸν Οὐάλην καὶ Σερηνίλλαν καὶ πάντας τοὺς φιλοῦντας ἡμᾶς κατʼ ὄνομα. οὐκ ἐδυνήθην δέ τι διαπέμψασθαι ὑμῖν διὰ τὰ ὄντα κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ὡς καὶ ὑμεῖς οἴδατε. ἐρρῶσθαι ὑμᾶς εὔχομαι ὁλοκληροῦντας. […] ἐνεχύρου ὅτι ἐξ οὗ ἐτελεύτησεν Φιλουμένη τόκον οὐ δέδωκα.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[…] to write to you so that you may write back to me, first of all about your well-being, and whether the landowner has troubled you. And you will also watch for the men of Sarmates who are coming here, so that you may write to me through them about whatever you wish. God willing, I too shall come to you for the festival. Greet Sarapion and his son Valens and Serenilla and all who love us, each by name. I was unable to send anything to you because of the conditions on the road, as you also know. I pray for your health and well-being. […] of the pledge, that since Philoumene died I have not paid interest.

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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