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bgu.2.623 II - IIIArsinoites
Letter from Ptolemaios to his sister Souera on his promotion to sesquiplicarius. A private letter from Ptolemaios, a soldier, to his sister Souera, telling her that on 21 Epeiph he became a sesquiplicarius in a cavalry unit, followed by greetings to family and friends. It comes from the Arsinoite nome and dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD. machine translation
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TM 28193.
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- (untitled record) HGV-meta ArsinoitesII - III
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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Πτολεμαῖος Σουήρῃ τῇ ἀδελφῇ πλεῖστα χαίρειν.
τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Σαράπιδι καὶ
τοῖς συννάοις θεοῖς. γινώσκειν σὲ θέλω, ὅτι τῇ μιᾷ καὶ
εἰκάδι τοῦ Ἐπὶφ […]άμην σησκουπλικιάριος
εἰς τὴν ἄλαν οὐετρανὴν Γαλλικὴν, ἄσπασαι Ζώσιμον
καὶ Λογγῖνον καὶΣερῆνον τὸν καὶ Στρηνίωνα πολλά·
ἀσπάζεται ημ[…]…[…]α ἄσπασαι τὸν
πατέρα ἡμῶν[…]ἄσπασαι Γαίαν· ἄσπασαι Οὐαλέριον […]πάντας ἡμᾶς
[…]
[v]
ἀπόδος παρὰ Πτολεμαίου[…]Translations (1)
[recto]
Ptolemaios to Souera his sister, very many greetings.
I make obeisance for you before the lord Sarapis and the gods who share his temple. I want you to know that on the twenty-first of Epeiph I [was enrolled (?)] as sesquiplicarius in the ala [Veterana Gallica]. Greet Zosimos and Longinus and [Serenus also called] Strenion warmly.
[…] greets […]. Greet our father […]. Greet Gaia. Greet Valerius […] all of us […]
[…]
[verso]
Deliver from Ptolemaios […]
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Arsinoite nome
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