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p.oxy.55.3819 Anfang IVOxyrhynchos

Letter of Condolence via HGV-meta

Letter of condolence from Julius to his father Demetrios on his mother's death. A letter of condolence from Julius to his father Demetrios and sister Apollonia on the death of his mother Sarapias, consoling them with Christian sentiment that death awaits all. It comes from Oxyrhynchus, early 4th century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] κυρίοις μου πατρὶ Δημητρίῳ καὶ Ἀπολλωνίᾳ ἀδελφῇ Ἰούλιος χαίρειν. τυχὼν τοῦ γεινομένου πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἔσπευσα πρῶτον μὲν προσαγορεῦσαι ὑμᾶς διὰ τούτων μου τῶν γραμμάτων, ἔπειτα καὶ παραμυθήσασθαι ὑμᾶς. ὡς γὰρ ἤκουσα περὶ τῆς μητρός μου Σαραπιάδος, πάνυ ἐλυπήθην. δυνατεῖ οὖν ὁ κύριος θεὸς τοῦ λοιποῦ ἡμῖν τὴν ὁλοκληρίαν παρασχεῖν. μὴ οὖν λυπεῖσθε. ταῦτα γὰρ ἀνθρώπινά ἐστιν. καὶ πᾶσι γὰρ ἡμῖν τοῦτο κεῖται. ὁ κολλήγας μου ἐλθὼν μετέδωκέν μοι ὡς εἴητε ε…[…]αντες τὸ δελματίκιον καί [… ? lines lost …] [v] ἀπόδος Δημητρίῳ πατρὶ παρὰ Ἰουλίου[…]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] To my lords, my father Demetrios and my sister Apollonia, Julius, greetings. Having found someone coming to you, I hastened first to greet you through this letter of mine, and then also to console you. For when I heard about my mother Sarapias, I was very grieved. The Lord God is able to grant us wholeness for the future. So do not grieve. For these things are human, and this lies in store for all of us. My colleague came and told me that you […] the dalmatic and [… lines lost …] [verso] Deliver to Demetrios, his father, from Julius […]

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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