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bgu.2.451 I - IIAlexandria
Letter from Heron and Horion to their brother Chairemon. A private letter from Heron and Horion to their brother Chairemon, sent from Alexandria in the 1st or 2nd century AD. They report having made an act of worship on his family's behalf before Sarapis, promise to return soon, and give instructions about contacting Chaireas and Demetrios in their absence. machine translation
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Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
Ἥρων καὶ Ὡρίων Χαιρήμονι τῷ
ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν.
γενόμενοι εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν τὸ
προσκύνημά σου καὶ τῶν παιδίων
σου καὶ τῆς ἀδελφῆς σου ἐποιήσαμεν
παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Σαράπιδι καὶ Νείλου τοῦ
φίλου. εὑρόντες οὖν τὸν ἀναπλέοντα τῇ δ ἀναγκαίως ἔσχαμεν
διʼ ἐπιστολῆς σε ἀσπάσασθαι καὶ
εἰδέναι σε, ὅτι θεῶν ἐπιτρεπόντων τάχιόν σε ἕως τῆς η ἀσπασόμεθά σοι, ἐὰν δέ τινός σοι
χρεία ἦ, ὡς καὶ κατʼ ὄψιν σοι εἶπον,
Χαιρέᾳ τῷ συγγραμματεῖ μνήσθητι,
Νεῖλος δὲ συνεχῶς πρὸς Δημήτριον
τὸν βοηθόν μου πορευέσθω, ἵνα μηδὲν ἄνευ τῆς σῆς γνώμης ὁ Δημήτριος[…]ς παρα[…]ται
[v]
Χαιρήμονι […]ἀπὸ Ἥρωνος[…]Translations (1)
[recto]
Heron and Horion to Chairemon their brother, greeting.
Having arrived in Alexandria, we made your obeisance, and that of your children and of your sister, before the lord Sarapis, and of our friend Neilos. So, finding someone sailing upstream on the 4th, we necessarily had to greet you by letter and to let you know that, the gods permitting, we will greet you quite soon, by the 8th. If you have need of anything, as I also told you face to face, remember Chaireas the fellow-secretary, and let Neilos go regularly to Demetrios my assistant, so that Demetrios [does] nothing without your consent […]
[verso]
To Chairemon […] from Heron […]
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