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Letter of Serenus via HGV-meta

Letter from Serenos to his brother Diogenes about family health. A private letter from Serenos to his brother Diogenes reporting that their sister is recovering and their brother Harpokration is well, thanks to their ancestral gods, and asking for urgent news about Sarapion, who is said to be ill. It also mentions their father moving the sheaves; the other side carries fragments of an account listing names and payments. From Oxyrhynchus, 3rd century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] [… ? lines lost …] Θαήσει γυναικὶ Ἁτρῆτος υἱοῦ βαλαν[…] Ὥρῳ Αὔκτου […] λαχανοπῶλαι ὁμοίως διάφορον β ἔτους ἀρτάβης δ …[…] Πρείσκιλλα Κακῆτος [v] Σερῆνος Διογένει τῷ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. θεῶν συνλαμβανόντων ἡ ἀδελφὴ ἐπὶ τὸ κομψότερον ἐτράπη, καὶ ὁ ἀδελφὸς δὲ Ἁρποκρατίων σώζεται καὶ ὑγιαίνει, συνλαμβάνουσι γὰρ ἡμῖν ἀεὶ οἱ πάτριοι θεοὶ ἡμῶν διδόντες ἡμῖν ὑγιείανκαὶ σωτηρίαν. ἔμελλον δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ἀναβῆναι τῇ ι[…] ἐπεὶ οἱ παρὰ Σαραπίωνος εἶπον κακῶς ἔχειν αὐτὸν, διὸ γράφω σοι ὅπως διʼ οὗ ἐὰν ἔχῃς διὰ ὥρας γράφῃς μοι περὶ τούτου. ἡ μεταφορὰ τῶν ἀγκαλῶν ἔσται εὐθέως ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρός· ἔφθανε γὰρ προβαστάξας τὰς ἐν ταῖς ἀρούραις α…. ἄσπασαι πολλὰ τὸν γλυκύτατον ἀδελφὸν Ἁρποκρατίωνα καὶ Θεανοῦν καὶ Θέωνα καὶ Διογένην καὶ Ἡλιόδωρον. πολλὰ ὑμᾶς πάντας ἀσπάζεται Ἱερακίαινα καὶ ἡ θυγάτηρ Τσενῆσις. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι πανοικεί.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] [… lines lost …] To Thaesis, wife of Hatres, son of […] bath-man (?) […] To Horos son of Auktos […] Vegetable-sellers, likewise Difference for year 2, of the artaba 4 […] Priscilla Kakes [verso] Serenos to Diogenes his brother, greeting. With the help of the gods our sister has taken a turn for the better, and our brother Harpokration too is safe and well, for our ancestral gods always help us, granting us health and safety. I was myself about to go up on the 10th (?) […], since the people from Sarapion's household said that he was unwell; therefore I am writing to you so that by whomever you can you may write to me at once about this. The transport of the sheaves will be done immediately by our father, for he had already carried off beforehand those in the arouras […]. Greet warmly my sweetest brother Harpokration and Theanous and Theon and Diogenes and Heliodoros. Hierakiaina and her daughter Tsenesis greet you all warmly. I pray for your health, with all your household.

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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