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bgu.3.801 II

Letter of consolation from Tasoucharion to her brother Neilos. A private letter from Tasoucharion to her brother Neilos, consoling him after distressing news heard from Taonnophris and urging him to bear it bravely for his children's sake. She sends with the bearer 160 sweetmeats and 10 pine cones for a sacrifice. Written in Roman Egypt in the 2nd century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Νείλῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ παρὰ Τασουχαρίου. λίαν ἀηδῶς ἤκουσα παρὰ Ταοννώφριος. γενναίως φερέτω ἄδελφε διὰ τὰ παιδία σου, καὶ εἰ μή, ὅτι τὰ παιδία μου ἀποδημοῦσι. Πτολεμαὶς καὶ Σαραπίων ἐγὼ αὐτὴ ἀνέβαινον κόμισαι παρὰ τοῦ ἀναδιδόντος σοι ταύτην ἐπιστολὴν τραγήματα ἀριθμῷ ἑκατὸν ἑξήκοντα καὶ στροβίλους δέκα εἰς θυσίαν αὐτ[…] [v] ἀπόδος Νείλῳ Τασάλου παρὰ Τασουχαρίου ἀδελφῆς

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] To Neilos her brother, from Tasoucharion. I was very distressed to hear from Taonnophris. Bear it nobly, brother, for the sake of your children, and if not, (because?) my children are away from home. Ptolemais and Sarapion, I myself was coming up. Receive from the one who delivers this letter to you sweetmeats, 160 in number, and 10 pine cones for the sacrifice […] [verso] Deliver to Neilos son of Tasalos(?), from Tasoucharion his sister.

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