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bgu.3.821 IIArsinoites
Letter from Heraiskos to his father with news from the city. A private letter from Heraiskos to his father, reporting that he went up to the city (probably the nome capital) to learn the news and that the person expected to come with someone had not yet been found by the 17th. He promises further news, asks his father to write, and reports that all the work is going well. It dates to the 2nd century AD and comes from the Arsinoite nome. machine translation
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TM 28092.
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Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
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· Greek
Transcription
χαῖρε κύριέ μου πάτερ Ἡραίσκος
σὲ ἀσπάζομαι. τὴν αγιο……
τερας ἀνέβην εἰς τὴν πόλιν, ἵνα εἰδῶ
τὰ καινότερα. μέχρι τῆς ιζ οὔπω εὕρηκαν τὸν εἰσερχόμενον μετὰ αὐτοῦ · πάντες
γὰρ ἐστάλησαν. ὅταν ᾖ τι καινότερον
εὐθέως σοι δηλώσω, καὶ σὺ δὲ γράφε
ἡμῖν, τί ἔπραξας. πάντα τὰ ἔργα εὖ
διάκειται. ἀσπάζεταί σε ἡ μήτηρ μου
καὶ οἱ ἡμέτεροι πάντες. ἐρρῶσθαί σε
εὔχομαι.Translations (1)
Greetings, my lord father. I, Heraiskos, greet you. On the […] day I went up to the city in order to learn the latest news. Up to the 17th they have not yet found the one who is coming in with him; for all have been sent. When there is any news, I will let you know at once, and you too write to us what you have done. All the work is in good order. My mother greets you, and all our people.
I pray for your health.
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Arsinoite nome
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