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bgu.3.845 II
Letter from a son to his mother complaining of neglect and asking for clothing. A private letter from a son (name partly lost, ending in -seinos) to his mother, written in the 2nd century AD. He complains that she does not write, reminds her he has repeatedly asked for a cloak and says he has had no mantle for four years, and asks her to send supplies for the festival of Sarapis and a jar of olives. machine translation
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Transcription
[…]σεῖνος τῇ μητρὶ πλεῖστα
πολλὰ χαίρειν.
πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν καὶ τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ
καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Σαράπιδι καὶ τοῖς συννάοις θεοῖς
εὐχόμενός σε ὑγιαίνειν. πρῶτον
μὲν γινώσκειν σε θέλω, ὅτι λυποῦμαι, ὁπόταν τις παραγένηται καὶ μη
ἐνέγκῃ μοι ἐπιστολίδιον. εἰ γάρ
σοι ἔμελε περὶ ἐμοῦ, ἔμελλές μοι
γράφειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ πολλάκις σοι ἔγραψα περὶ βίρρου καὶ οὐκ ἐποίεις καὶ
γίνωσκε, ὅτι σήμερον τετραετία μαφόρτην οὐκ ἔσχον ἀλλὰ
καὶ χρείαν ἔχω μαφόρτου καὶ πᾶν
ποίησον τοῦ τὰ ἐπιβάλλοντα
τῇ ἑορτῇ τοῦ Σαράπιδος φροντίσαι
καὶ πέμψαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦτο μάθε, ὅτι πάλαι αἱ δοῦλοί σου εἰς τὴν
κέλλαν αὐτῶν ἔχουσιν ἐλαίας κα
ὧν οὐκ ἠξίωσας πέμψαι κεράμιν
ω…ων. ἀσπάζομαι τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς
καὶ τοὺς ἐμοὺς πάντας κατʼ ὄνομα. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι
[…] πέμψον μοι αὐτήν, χρείαν γὰρ […]Translations (1)
[…]seinos to his mother, very many greetings.
Before all else I pray that you are well, and I make obeisance for you every day before the lord Sarapis and the gods who share his temple, praying that you are well. First, I want you to know that I am grieved whenever someone arrives and does not bring me a little letter. For if you cared about me, you would write to me; but I have also written to you many times about a cloak (birros), and you did not do it. And know that as of today I have not had a mantle (maphortes) for four years, and I need a mantle. And do everything to see to what is needed for the festival of Sarapis and send it. And learn this too: that for a long time your slave women have had olives in their storeroom, of which you did not think fit to send me a jar […]. I greet my brothers and all my people by name. I pray for your health.
[…] send it to me, for [I have] need […]
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