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bgu.16.2637 3 - 2 v.Chr.Herakleopolites
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Letter from Sarapion to the epistates Athenodoros about health and wool. A private letter from Sarapion to Athenodoros, an official (epistates), sent with a certain Strabo, urging him to look after his health, mentioning someone undergoing surgery, promising news, and asking him to send some wool. It dates to year 28 of Augustus (3-2 BC) and comes from the Herakleopolite nome. machine translation
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TM 23361.
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- Letter HGV-meta Herakleopolites3 - 2 v.Chr.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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Σαραπίων Ἀθηνοδώρωι πλεῖστα χαίρειν
καὶ ὑγιαίνειν· ἀναγκαῖον ἡγησάμην Στράβωνος
ἀφικνουμένου πρός σε …ε[…] ἀσπάσασθαί σε
καὶ παρακαλέσαι ἐπιμέλεσθαι τοῦ ὑγιαίνειν
πρὸ παντός· […] προσδιασαφῆσαι δέ σοι καὶ
δεῖν ἐνόμισα […]…ωσασ[…]σέγραψεν …[…]
πρὸς τῶι χειρουργεῖσθαι …[…]…[…]
ον ῥωσθήσεσθαι τη…[…]σμε[…] ἴσθι δέ με
καὶ τούτου φροντίζοντα ὡς εἴ τι καινὸν γένοιτο
μὴ παραλιποῦντά σοι τὸ δηλοῦν· περὶ δὲ τῶν
ἐριδίων σπε[…]σπούδασον μοι πέμψαι ἵνʼ ὦ
κεχαρισμένος[…] τὰ δʼ ἄλλα ἔρρωσο
ἔτους κη Καίσαρος […]… ε
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Ἀθηνοδώρωι τῷ ἐπιστάτηιTranslations (1)
[recto]
Sarapion to Athenodoros, very many greetings and good health. I thought it necessary, since Strabo is coming to you […], to greet you and to urge you to take care of your health above all. […] I also thought I should further explain to you […] wrote […] in addition to undergoing surgery (?) […] will recover […]. Know that I am also attending to this, so that if anything new should happen, I will not fail to let you know. Concerning the little wools (?) […] hurry to send them to me, so that I may be obliged […]. For the rest, farewell.
Year 28 of Caesar, […] 5.
[verso]
To Athenodoros the epistates.
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 23361 primary
- DDbDP-Text bgu;16;2637 tier-1
- HGV-Text 23361 tier-1
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