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bgu.16.2657 17 - 16 v.Chr.Herakleopolites
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Letter from Semthoembes to his supervisors Petesouchos and Soteles. A fragmentary private letter from Semthoembes to his supervisors Petesouchos and Soteles, written in the Herakleopolite nome in year 14 of Augustus (17-16 BC). Amid lost passages it mentions a memorandum, a delivery of up to 5 artabas, and urges that Petesouchos be brought to the writer's feast so that lasting security and peace may be secured. machine translation
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- Letter HGV-meta Herakleopolites17 - 16 v.Chr.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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Σεμθοεμβῆς Πετεσούχωι καὶ Σωτέλῃ
τοῖς ἐμαυτοῦ ἐπιστάταις χαίρειν καὶ διὰ παντὸς
ὑγιαίνειν· χωρισθεὶς ἀφ' ὑμῶν καὶ […]
τον τοῦ Σεμθοικ…[…]…[…]
συνεσφραγισμεν[…]…ι ὑπὸ α[…]
τοῦ υἱοῦ σου εισ…[…]…ροσα[…]
πηδησασ[…]σου απ[…]
μεγάλως […]…αιτω[…]
μεταδεδωκ[…] ἐπὶ τῆς[…]
περὶ δὲ τοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ […]ὑπομνήματος[…]
θ…μυ μὴ λάθες ὑπο[…]…[…]
ἐὰν μὴ οὖν …ιτε αὐτὸν ἐπιτρ[…]
παραστῆσαι μετ' ἀνδρῶν ἕως ἀρταβῶν ε π[…]
μηκεν τὸ λάχανον παρακάλεσον Πετεσοῦχον
ἅμα σοι ἐλθεῖν εἰς τὴν ἑορτὴν ἐμὴν[…]
πειθανάγκης ἀνάγκασον αὐτὸν ἵνα ἀσφάλεια μεγάλη γένηται καὶ εἰρήνη μένῃ
εἰς τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον καὶ αὐτ[…]
[…]προσωπίᾳ καλῆι τούτων …[…]
ἀντιφώνησίν μοι γράψατε …[…]
ὑμεῖν τὸ γράμμα·
ἔρρωσθε
ἔτους ιδ Καίσαρος[…]
[v]
Πετεσούχῳ καὶ
Σωτέλῃ τοῖς ἐπιστάταιςTranslations (1)
[recto]
Semtheus (?) to Petesouchos [and Soteles], his own supervisors, greeting and continual good health. Having been separated from you and […] of Semthoik… […] sealed together […] by […] of your son […] having leapt (?) […] your […] greatly […] have shared […] before the […]
Concerning the […] from the memorandum […] do not forget […]
If then you do not … him, entrust (?) […] to present with men up to 5 artabas […] the vegetable (?). Urge Petesouchos to come with you to my feast […]; compel him by persuasion and pressure, so that there may be great security and peace may remain for all time, and […] with a good face (?) of these things […] Write me a reply […] to you the letter.
Farewell.
Year 14 [of Caesar] […]
[verso]
To Petesouchos and Soteles, the supervisors.
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 23381 primary
- DDbDP-Text bgu;16;2657 tier-1
- HGV-Text 23381 tier-1
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