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p.oxy.47.3356 28. Jan. 76Oxyrhynchos
Harpocras to Thracidas via HGV-meta
Letter from Harpokras to his father Thrakidas about his recovery. A private letter from Harpokras to his father Thrakidas, reassuring him that his brief illness is over and that his father's letter cheered him like a divine oracle. He sends a sandal worth 4 drachmas with the letter carrier Petechon and greets family members; written at Oxyrhynchus in AD 76. machine translation
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TM 22470.
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- Harpocras to Thracidas HGV-meta Oxyrhynchos28. Jan. 76
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
Ἁρποκρᾶς Θρακίδᾳ τῶι
πατρὶ πλεῖστα χαίρειν.
εἰδώς σε χαρησόμενον, ἀναγκαίως σοι ἔγραψα μηθὲν περὶ
ἐμὲ εἶναι ἀλλὰ μόνον πρὸς
ὀλίγας παντελῶς ἡμέρας
νωθρότερον ἐσχηκέναι καὶ
ἔτι πάλαι κομψότερον ἐσχηκώς, καὶ οὐδὲν περὶ ἐμέ ἐστιν.
ἐχάρην δὲ μεγάλως διαναγνούς σου τὴν ἐπιστολήν,
ἐν ᾗ σε ἐρρωμενέστατον ἐπέγνων, δέσποτα πάτερ, καὶ ὅτι
σοβαρῶς τὴν ψυχὴν εἶχον
λαβών σου τὴν ἐπιστολήν,
ὑπὸ τὴν ὥραν ἐνόμισα μὴ θεοῦ χρησμός ἐστι, καὶ περισσοτέρως ἔρρωμαι. κόμισαι παρὰ
Πετεχῶντος τοῦ καὶ κομίζοντός σοι τὴν ἐπιστολὴν σανδάλιον
δραχμῶν δ. περὶ δὲ ὧν ἔτι χρείαν ἔχεις
ἐν τάχει μοι δήλωσον ὡς ἔτι
ὀλίγας ἐνθάδε ἡμέρας ἔχω…
ἄσπασαι Θατρῆν τὴν μητέρα καὶ
Θαισοῦν καὶ Σαραπίωνα καὶ Ἀρίστωνα
καὶ Τυχάριον καὶ Νίκην καὶ Εὐτυχ
καὶ τοὺς ἐν οἴκωι πάντας.
ἔτους η Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Οὐεσπασιανοῦ
Σεβαστοῦ Μεχεὶρ β.
[v]
ἀπὸ Ἁρποκρᾶτος Θρακίδᾳ πατρί.Translations (1)
[recto]
Harpokras to Thrakidas his father, very many greetings.
Knowing that you will be glad, I have necessarily written to you that there is nothing wrong with me, but only that for a very few days I was rather sluggish, and have long since been better (?), and there is nothing wrong with me.
I was greatly delighted on reading your letter, in which I learned that you are in the best of health, lord father, and because I was in a serious state of mind, on receiving your letter, at that very hour I thought it was an oracle of a god, and I am in even better health. Receive from Petechon, who is also bringing you the letter, a sandal worth 4 drachmas. As for anything else you still need, let me know quickly, since I have only a few more days here…
Greet Thatres my mother and Thaisous and Sarapion and Ariston and Tycharion and Nike and Eutych[…] and all those in the house.
Year 8 of Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus, Mecheir 2.
[verso]
From Harpokras to Thrakidas his father.
Connections
Found at
Oxyrhynchus
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 22470 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;47;3356 tier-1
- HGV-Text 22470 tier-1
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