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bgu.16.2642 Herakleopolites
Letter via HGV-meta
Letter of Athenodoros apologizing for infrequent writing during sowing. A private letter from a man named Athenodoros to an unnamed recipient, apologizing for not writing more often because he was preoccupied with the sowing season and the flooding of the fields. Much of the middle is damaged, but he expresses joy at news received and closes with wishes for the recipient's health. It comes from the Herakleopolite nome. machine translation
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 23366.
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- Letter HGV-meta Herakleopolites-21
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Ἀθηνόδωρος …[…]φ[…]
πλεῖστα χαίρειν καὶ διὰ παντὸς
ἐρρωμένῳ ἄριστα ἐπανάγειν ὡς βούλομαι·
συγγνωμονῇς εἰς τό με μὴ πυκνότερά
σοι γεγραφηκέναι, ὁ γὰρ καιρὸς τῆς κατασπορᾶς
καὶ τοῦ λιμνασμοῦ ἐμετεώριζε με·
δοκεῖ δὲ εἰ μὴ ἔγραψάς μοι τό πως σοι
ἅπαντα ἔχ…[…] μὴ πεπολυπραγμονήκῃς …[…]ησας ὥς σοι
…ταω…[…]ε μεγάλως ἐχάρην
… […] ἐθελόντων καὶ
… […]πας ἔσομαι
… […]εχ[…]ι· καὶ διὰ παντὸς ὑγιαίνειν […]… πρὸς
… […]τος δὲ ε…υτειχ
σοι γράφειν ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος· τὰ δʼἄλλα σεαυτοῦ ἐπιμέλου ἵνα ὑγιαίνῃς.
[… ? lines lost …]Translations (1)
Athenodoros […] to […], very many greetings and that you may continue always in the best of health, as I wish.
Please forgive me for not having written to you more often, for the season of sowing and of the flooding (of the fields) kept me anxious. It seems, however, if you had not written to me how everything is with you […] you have not troubled yourself […] as to you […] I was greatly delighted […] willing and […] I shall be […] and that you are always in good health […] to […] to write to you at present. For the rest, take care of yourself so that you may be well.
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 23366 primary
- DDbDP-Text bgu;16;2642 tier-1
- HGV-Text 23366 tier-1
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