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bgu.20.2872 II - III
Lettere privata via HGV-meta
Private letter with greetings and a request for provisions. Fragmentary private letter mentioning the customary obeisance before the lady Isis and the Kalends, followed by a long list of greetings from family members and acquaintances. The writer closes by asking for provisions, since he or she has many mouths to feed. It dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD. machine translation
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TM 316235.
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- Lettere privata HGV-meta unbekanntII - III
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[… ? lines lost …]
[…]…[…]
[…]… παν[…]
καὶ τὸ προσκύνημα […]
τῆς κυρίας Ἴσιδος […]
ταῖς Καλάνδαις […]
αὐτὰ εισοσ…[…]χθη καὶ ου…[…]
εὑρισκομε […]ψω λαχαν […]
ρηνος νε[…]
καὶ Χαιρη…[…]
σε θέλω …[…]
σορμω […] ἀνάγκην ε…[…]
ανεχω …[…]
ψεν μο… […]
σειτου …[…]
τὴν οἰκ[…]
μου. ἀσπάζεται πολλὰ ὁ
πατήρ μου καὶ ἡ μήτηρ
καὶ ἡ θυγάτηρ μου Λαυσι
σχαρας καὶ Κυσαω κατηνα καὶ Λιβία καὶ Σεραποῦς
καὶ Ταπιὰμ καὶ Ἀρσινόη ἡ αδελφὴ Ταπιὰμ καὶ
ἡ γαμβρά μου Καυμα. ἀσπάζεταί σε Ἀμμωνάριν καὶ
Κρονοῦς καὶ ἡ θυγάτηρ
Πώγωνος Σεραπιὰς καὶ
Κορμομ…λη καὶ Κοραθους καὶ Σακανη. ἀσπάζεταί σε καὶ Πτοοσαρακιν
καὶ ὅλη ἡ οἰκία μου.
ἰδοὺ βλέπεις ὅτι χρείαν
ἔχω κιβαρίων ἐπεὶ πολλά
τρέφω.
ἐρρῶσθαιTranslations (1)
[...]
[...] [...]
[...] [...]
and the obeisance [...]
of the lady Isis [...]
on the Kalends [...]
them [...] and [...]
found (?) [...] vegetables (?) [...]
[...]
and Chaire[...] [...]
I want you [...]
[...] necessity [...]
[...]
[...]
grain (?) [...]
the house (?) [...]
my [...]. Many greetings from my father and my mother
and my daughter Lausi[...]
[...] and Kysao [...] and Libia and Serapous
and Tapiam and Arsinoe the sister of Tapiam and
my sister-in-law Kauma. Ammonarin greets you, and
Kronous and the daughter
of Pogon, Serapias, and
Kormom[...] and Korathous and Sakane. Ptoosarakin also greets you
and my whole household.
Look, you see that I have need
of provisions, since I feed
many.
Farewell.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 316235 primary
- DDbDP-Text bgu;20;2872 tier-1
- HGV-Text 316235 tier-1
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