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bgu.3.949 ca. 300Herakleopolis
Ein Privatbrief via HGV-meta
Letter from Aphous and Anneous to Heras asking for a piglet. A private letter from Aphous and Anneous to their "brother" Heras. Because there is no fish at all in Papa and they are away from home, they urge him to send them a piglet so they will have something to eat. It dates to about AD 300 and is attributed to Herakleopolis. machine translation
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TM 20094.
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- Ein Privatbrief HGV-meta Herakleopolisca. 300
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ
Ἡρᾷ Ἀφοῦς καὶ Ἀννεοῦς.
ἐπειδὴ τὸ σύνολον
οὐχ ὑπάρχει ἰχθὺς
ἐν Πάπᾳ καὶ ἐπὶ ξένης
ἐσμὲν, σπούδασον,
κύριέ μου ἄδελφε,
δελφάκιον ἀποστεῖλαι ἡμῖν[…]
ἵνα εὕρωμεν[…]
…φαγεῖν
απ…[…]
[… ? lines lost …]Translations (1)
To my lord brother Heras, Aphous and Anneous.
Since there is no fish at all in Papa and we are abroad, make haste, my lord brother, to send us a piglet […] so that we may find (?) […] to eat […]
[…]
[… lines lost …]
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