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bgu.16.2615 Herakleopolites
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Letter from Menelaos and Herakleia to their son Athenodoros. A private letter from Menelaos and Herakleia to their son Athenodoros, opening with wishes for his health and prosperity. The rest is badly damaged, with only scattered phrases such as 'we do not have' and 'writes continually' surviving. It comes from the Herakleopolite nome. machine translation
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Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 23339.
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- Letter HGV-meta Herakleopolites-21
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Μενέλαος καὶ Ἡράκλεια Ἀθηνοδώρωι
τῶι υἱῷ πλεῖστα χαίρειν καὶ ἐρρωμένωι
διευτυχεῖν αἰεὶ καὶ διὰ παντὸς καθάπερ
εὐχόμεθα· …ου σου τὰς λ…[…]κατα
…οίμεθα οὐκ ἔχομεν […]υτο
[…]οσασε…[…]…αι
[…]…σι[…]
ημειν ἡμεῖν τας[…]…
ποιῇ ἀφʼ ὧν …[…]
[…]ου γράφει διὰ παντὸς
[…]θος καὶ …[…]
[… ? lines lost …]Translations (1)
Menelaos and Herakleia to Athenodoros their son, very many greetings and that you may always and continually prosper in good health, just as we pray. […] your […] […] we think (?), we do not have […]
[…]
[…]
[…] to us […]
may do (?) from which […]
[…] writes continually […]
[…] and […]
[…]
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Herakleopolites
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 23339 primary
- DDbDP-Text bgu;16;2615 tier-1
- HGV-Text 23339 tier-1
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