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p.oxy.55.3814 III - IVOxyrhynchos

Theodorus to Apollonius via HGV-meta

Letter from Theodoros to his father Apollonios about requisitioned carpenters. A letter from Theodoros to his father Apollonios, reassuring him about the requisition of carpenters: the procurator Sarapion has demanded thirty carpenters by name for work on the river of Trajan, and Theodoros promises to send the list of names. He also mentions his father's illness, forwards letters, and reports handing over documents in a matter against 'the Sarmatian'; from Oxyrhynchus, 3rd-4th century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r,ctr] κυρίῳ μου πατρὶ Ἀπολλωνίῳ Θεόδωρος χαίρειν. ἐπέστειλάς μοι ὡς περὶ τῶν τεκτόνων. καὶ ἀπόντος σου πολλάκις τέκτονες μετεπέμφθησαν καὶ ἐργάται καὶ ἕτερα πράγματα, καὶ ᾐδέσθησαν οἱ συνάρχοντες ἡμῶν τὴν ἀπουσίαν σου. μή πού γε σοῦ ἐπιδημοῦντος οὐκ ἄν τις τολμήσαι ὀνομάσαι τινα τῶν διαφερόντων ἡμῖν. θάρσει οὖν, πατήρ, περὶ τούτου. ἐπʼ ὀνομάτων γὰρ ἠθέλησεν Σαραπίων ὁ ἐπίτροπος τριάκοντα τέκτονας ἀποσταλῆναι ἐπὶ τὸν Τραϊανὸν ποταμόν, ἑσπέρας δὲ ἐπεδήμησε ἡμῖν Διόσκορος καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυσα διὰ τὴν αἰτίαν τῆς ὥρας τὰ ὀνόματα αὐτῶν ἐκλαβεῖν καὶ ἐπιστεῖλαί σοι. αὔριον οὖν ἐπιστέλλω σοι καὶ τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν μεταπεμφθέντων. ἤκουσα οὖν ὅτι τὰ συνήθη πάσχεις καὶ διὰ τὴν αἰτίαν ταύτην παρʼ ἐμαυτῷ μεμένηκα τὴν σήμερον. σὺν θεῷ δὲ καὶ ἐγὼ σε καταλήμψομαι τῆς ὑγιείας σου ἕνεκεν. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι. [r,ms] ἀπέστειλά σοι οὖν καὶ τὰ ἀποσταλέντα μοι ἀπὸ πόλεως ὑπὸ Εὐδαίμονος γράμματα, καὶ τὰ βιβλία ἅπερ ἠθέλησας κατὰ τοῦ Σαρμάτου δοθῆναι δέδωκα. [v] κυρίῳ μου πατρὶ Ἀπολλωνίωι Θεόδωρος. ουερε…θ [… 3 lines lost …]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto, centre] To my lord father Apollonios, Theodoros, greeting. You wrote to me about the carpenters. Even while you were away carpenters were often summoned, and workmen, and other things, and our fellow magistrates respected your absence. Surely while you are at home no one would dare to name any of those who belong to us. So take heart, father, about this. For Sarapion the procurator wanted thirty carpenters to be sent by name to the river of Trajan, and in the evening Dioskoros arrived here, and because of the lateness of the hour I was not able to take down their names and write to you. So tomorrow I will send you the names of those summoned as well. I heard that you are suffering from your usual complaint, and for this reason I have stayed at home today. God willing, I too will come to see you for the sake of your health. I pray for your health. [recto, margin] I have also sent you the letters sent to me from the city by Eudaimon, and I have handed over the documents which you wanted given against the Sarmatian. [verso] To my lord father Apollonios, Theodoros. […] [… 3 lines lost …]

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