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p.oxy.38.2860 II (?)Oxyrhynchites
Letter from Heraklammon to Kallistos via HGV-meta
Letter from Heraklammon to Kallistos urging him to come. A private letter from Heraklammon to Kallistos, whom he calls his son, complaining that his letters have gone unanswered and urging him to come to him once he has finished a contract, so that family tensions may be set aside. It dates probably to the 2nd century AD and comes from the Oxyrhynchite nome. machine translation
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TM 29034.
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- Letter from Heraklammon to Kallistos HGV-meta OxyrhynchitesII (?)
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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Ἡρακλάμμων Καλλίστῳ τῶι
τιμιωτάτῳ τέκνῳ χαίρειν.
ἤδη σοι καὶ ἄλλας ἐπιστολὰς ἔπεμψα
ἱκανὰς καὶ σύ μοι οὐκέτι ἀντέγραψας.
καλῶς οὖν ποήσεις ὁπόταν
πληρώσῃς τὴν συνγραφὴν ἢ ὡς δήποτε
γενέσθαι πρὸς ἐμὲ καθώς μοι ἔγραψας.
ἡγοῦμαι γὰρ ὅτι ἄμεινον ἡμᾶς ἀνέχεσθαι ἀλλήλων ἢ ξένων ὡς καὶ πρότερον
ἔγραψά σοι περὶ παιδίων ἐὰν που ἐπινοῇς.
καὶ γὰρ ἡ γραῖα ἔπεμψέ μοι ἀπὸ Ἀλεξανδρείας ὅτι ἂν σχῇς Κάλλιστον ἔχεις
τὰ παιδία. ἐὰν δὲ παραγένῃ οὐδὲν ἔσται
μέσον ἡμῶν τὸ δυνάμενον ἐμὲ ἢ σὲ λυπῆσαι. ἐφρόντισα δὲ καὶ νεανίσκων
πετευριστῶν τριῶν . ταχέως οὖν μοι
γράψον ἵνα εὐψυχῶ […]ἄσπασαι τὴν ἀγαθὴν Φλουρεντίαν σου καὶ
τὰ τέκνα σου καὶ Κάνωπον. ἀσπάζεταί
σε Κύριλλα καὶ τὰ κοράσια…[…]
ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι
[v]
ἀπόδος Καλλίστῳ ἀπὸ ἩρακλάμμωνοςTranslations (1)
[recto]
Heraklammon to Kallistos, his most esteemed son, greetings.
I have already sent you several other letters, and you have not written back to me any more. Please, therefore, when you have completed the contract, or in whatever way, come to me as you wrote to me. For I think it is better for us to put up with one another than with strangers, as I also wrote to you before about the children, if you have anything in mind. For the old woman also sent word to me from Alexandria: "If you have Kallistos, you have the children." If you come, there will be nothing between us that can grieve me or you. I have also taken care of three young men, petteuristai (?). So write to me quickly, so that I may be cheerful […]. Greet your good Florentia and your children and Kanopos. Kyrilla greets you, and the little girls […].
I pray for your health.
[verso]
(Deliver) to Kallistos from Heraklammon.
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Oxyrhynchites
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 29034 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;38;2860 tier-1
- HGV-Text 29034 tier-1
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