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p.oxy.55.3810 II - IIIOxyrhynchos

Callias to Cyrilla via HGV-meta

Letter from Kallias to Kyrilla with good news about the strategos. A private letter from Kallias to a woman Kyrilla, sending daily greetings before the god Apis and reporting good news: the strategos (nome governor) has been released to take up his office, so Dioskourides need worry no longer. He mentions being sent to Athribis by the royal scribe about a horse, and that a singularis (soldier messenger) also released the strategos of the Lykopolite nome and two others. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Καλλίας Κυρίλλῃ τῇ κυρίᾳ χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων τὸ προσκύνημα σου ποιῶ καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Ἄπιδι καὶ τοῦ Κυρίλλου Διοσκορούδου καὶ τοῦ Κυρίλλου …ου Αποει[…]ος. ἐπεπόμφει γάρ με ὁ βασιλικὸς εἰς Ἀθρῖβειν ἕνεκα ἵππου, παρῆλθέν με Διοσκουρίδης. γράφω σοι οὖν, κυρία, περὶ τῆς εὐαγγελίας ὅτι ἀπελύθη ὁ στρατηγὸς εἰς τὴν στρατηγίαν. Διοσκουρίδης μὴ ἀγωνει λοιπὸν περὶ μηδενός. οὕτως γὰρ ἀσφαλῶς σιγγλάριος ἐλθὼν τῷ βασιλικῷ καὶ αὐτὸς συναπέλυσεν τὸν στρατηγὸν τοῦ Λυκοπολίτου καὶ ἄλλους δύο . ἄσπασαι τοὺς ἐν οἴκῳ πάντας. γράψον μοι περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας σου. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι, κυρία, πολλοῖς ἔτεσιν εὐτυχοῦσαν. [v] ἀπόδος …

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Kallias to Kyrilla, his lady, greetings. Before all else I make your obeisance every day before the lord Apis, and that of Kyrillos son of Dioskourides and of Kyrillos son of […] Apoei[…]. For the basilikos (royal scribe) had sent me to Athribis on account of a horse, and Dioskourides passed me by. So I write to you, lady, about the good news, that the strategos has been released to (take up) his strategia. Let Dioskourides not be anxious about anything any more. For thus certainly a singularis came to the basilikos, and he too released along with him the strategos of the Lykopolite (nome) and two others. Greet all those in the house. Write to me about your well-being. I pray for your health, lady, prospering for many years. [verso] Deliver […]

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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