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p.oxy.55.3806 21. Mai 15Oxyrhynchos

Private Letter via HGV-meta

Letter about a sample of dyed wool for Philous. A private letter from Oxyrhynchus, written when an acquaintance was sailing upriver, in which the writer sends greetings, mentions attending daily on the recipient's brother, and asks that a dyed wool sample be shown to a woman named Philous to see whether she likes it. It is dated 21 May AD 15, in the first year of Tiberius. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] […]…[…]…[…]…[…]…[…] [… ? lines lost …] χαίρειν καὶ ὑγιαίνειν. […]…ωνίου ἀναπλέοντος ἀναγκαῖον ἔγνων ἀσπάσασθαί σε διὰ γραπτοῦ καὶ παρακαλέσαι σε γράφειν μοι περὶ ὧν ἐὰν θέλῃς. ἥδιστα γὰρ ποιήσω. τῶι ἀδελφῷ σου κατὰ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν παρεδρεύω, μὴ θέλει ἐπιστολάς σοι πέμψαι. τὸ δεῖγμα τοῦ ἐριδίου δεῖξον Φιλοῦτι καὶ γράψον μοι εἰ ἀρέσκει αὐτῆι ἢ οὔ. πείθομαι δὲ μᾶλλον ἀρέσειν. πᾶσαν γὰρ ἐργασίαν ἔδωκα ἐκτὸς τοῦ καὶ ξενικὸν δεῖγμα δεδωκέναι τῶι βαφεῖ, καὶ ὅμως κάλλιον τοῦτο ἐξέβη. τὰ ἄλλα σεαυτοῦ ἐπιμελοῦ ἵνα ὑγιαίνῃς. καὶ γράψον μοι ἀντιφωνήσεις τῶν πρώτων. ὑγίαινέ μοι ψυχῆι. ἔρρωσο. ἔτους α Τιβερίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ. Παχὼν κϛ. [v] […]… […] γραμματ Κορράγου.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] […] [… lines lost …] greetings and good health. As […]onios is sailing up, I thought it necessary to greet you by letter and to urge you to write to me about whatever you wish, for I shall do it most gladly. I attend on your brother every day, (in case?) he wants to send you letters. Show the sample of the wool to Philous and write to me whether it pleases her or not. I am rather persuaded that it will please her. For I gave every care, besides also having given a foreign sample to the dyer, and nevertheless this turned out better. For the rest, take care of yourself so that you may be well. And write to me replies to the first (letters). Keep well in spirit, I pray. Farewell. Year 1 of Tiberius Caesar Augustus, Pachon 26. [verso] […] […] secretary (?) of Korragos.

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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