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p.oxy.55.3816 Ende III - Anfang IVOxyrhynchos
Ptoleminus to Sinthonis via HGV-meta
Letter from Ptoleminos and Chairemon to their sister Sinthonis. A private letter from Ptoleminos and Chairemon to their sister Sinthonis, reporting that Achilleus is seriously ill after repeated treatment on his feet and that the writer himself nearly died but has recovered. He complains she has not answered his letters and sends greetings to family; written at Oxyrhynchus around AD 300. machine translation
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TM 31917.
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- Ptoleminus to Sinthonis HGV-meta OxyrhynchosEnde III - Anfang IV
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
Πτολεμεῖνος καὶ Χαιρήμων Σινθώνει
ἀδελφῇ χαίρειν.
πρό γε πάντων εὐχόμεθα τῷ θεῷ
ὅπως ὁλόκληρόν σε ἀπολάβωμεν. γνῶναί σε θέλω ὅτι Ἀχιλλεὺς πάνυ νοσεῖ καὶ ἐχειρίσθη ποσάκις εἰς τοὺς πόδας καὶ τὰ ἕως ἄρτι νοσεῖ καὶ σχεδόν τι
προσέτι, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἐδυνήθην λαλῆσαι αὐτῷ. καὶ ἐγὼ ἠσθένησα πάνυ καὶ εἰς θάνατον. ἀλλὰ
καὶ εὐχαριστῶ τῷ θεῷ καλῶς
ἔσχηκα. καὶ περὶ ὧν χρῄζεις γράψον μοι, ἀδελφή. καὶ
ποσάκις σοι ἔγραψα καὶ οὐκ ἀντέγραψάς μοι. ἄσπασον τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν Παλὲξ καὶ τὴν μητέρα ἡμῶν καὶ πάντα σου τὸν
οἶκον κατʼ ὄνομα.
ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι, ἀδελφή.
[v]
ἀπόδος Σινθώνει παρὰ Πτολεμείνου.Translations (1)
[recto]
Ptoleminos and Chairemon to Sinthonis their sister, greetings.
Before all else we pray to God that we may receive you back in good health. I want you to know that Achilleus is very ill and has been operated on several times in the feet, and up to now he is ill and almost (?) even more so, and for this reason I was not able to speak to him. And I too was very sick, even to the point of death. But, and I thank God, I have recovered. And write to me about whatever you need, sister. And I have written to you several times and you have not written back to me. Greet our brother Palex and our mother and all your household by name.
I pray for your health, sister.
[verso]
Deliver to Sinthonis from Ptoleminos.
Connections
Found at
Oxyrhynchus
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 31917 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;55;3816 tier-1
- HGV-Text 31917 tier-1
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