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bgu.3.811 98 - 102Arsinoites
Letter from the soldier Cornelius to Apollos at Bakchias. A private letter from Cornelius, a soldier, to his 'brother' Apollos at Bakchias, sending greetings to him and his children and asking him to hand over something or someone called 'the little one' to the letter carrier so it can be brought down to Cornelius. It is dated to the reign of Trajan, in the Arsinoite nome. machine translation
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TM 9365.
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Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
Κορνήλιος Ἀπολλῶτι τῶι
ἀδελφῷ πλεῖστα χαίρειν.
πρὸ μὲν πάντων ἀναγκαῖον διʼ ἐπιστολῆς σε ἀσπάσεσθαι καὶ τὰ ἀβάσκαντά σου παιδία. ἐρωτῶ σε ἵνα δῷς
τῷ κομίζοντί σοι τὸ ἐπιστόλιον
εἰ ἔστιν Ἑρμῆς Νεστοποικίτης. τὴν μικρὰν
ἐμοὶ αὐτὴν κατενέγκῃ ἧδε αὐτῷ
[…]… Ἑρμῆτι τῷ παρὰ Κορνηλίῳ
[…]ρῳ τῷ καταβαίνοντι δός, ἵνα
[…]εχι κατενέγκῃ. μὴ οὖν ἄλλως
ποιήσῃς.
ἔρρωσο.
…[…] Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Νέρουα
Τραιανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ
Φαμενὼθ κβ
[v]
ἀπόδος εἰς Βακχιάδα[…] Ἀπολλῶτι ἀπὸ Κορνηλίου στρατιώτου.Translations (1)
[recto]
Cornelius to Apollos his brother, very many greetings.
Before all else it is necessary for me to greet you by letter, and your children, may the evil eye spare them. I ask you to give to the man bringing you the letter, if he is Hermes Nestopoikites (?), the little one, so that he may bring her down to me […] to Hermes who is with Cornelius […] who is going down, give it, so that […] he may bring it down. So do not do otherwise.
Farewell.
[…] of Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus, Phamenoth 22.
[verso]
Deliver to Bakchias […] to Apollos from Cornelius, soldier.
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Arsinoite nome
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