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p.oxy.38.2838 4. Febr. 62Oxyrhynchos

Private (?) Letter via HGV-meta

Letter reporting that the fugitive Sarapous is in the city. The end of a letter from Oxyrhynchus, dated 4 February AD 62, in which the writer reports that a woman named Sarapous, a fugitive, is in the city. The writer asks the recipient to look after his son Komon and Charitous and her son. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[… ? lines lost …] [… 2 lines lost …] […]οσ…τηνδ[…] σου Σαραποῦν οὖσαν ἐν δρασμῶι ἐπὶ τῆς πόλεως εἶναι. λοιπὸν οὖν ἀναγκαῖον ἡγησαμ… ἔπεμψά σοι. ἐπισκοποῦ Κόμωνα τὸν υἱόν σου καὶ Χαριτοῦν καὶ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς. τὰ δʼ ἄλλα ἔρρωσο. ἔτους η Νέρωνος Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος Μεχεὶρ ι Σεβαστῇ

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[…] […] your [...] Sarapous, being a fugitive, is in the city. So then, thinking it necessary, I sent to you. Look after Komon your son, and Charitous and her son. For the rest, farewell. Year 8 of Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, Mecheir 10, Augusta (day).

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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