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bgu.4.1079 4. Aug. 41Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

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Letter from Sarapion to Herakleides about debts, warning him to beware of the Jews. A private letter from Sarapion to Herakleides in Alexandria, advising him how to handle a debt problem by courting a certain Ptollarion and seeking help through Diodoros and the prefect's wife. It famously warns him to beware of the Jews, and is dated 4 August AD 41, in the first year of Claudius. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Σαραπίων Ἡρακλείδῃ τῷ ἡμετέρῳ χαίρειν. ἔπεμψά σοι ἄλλας δύο ἐπιστολάς, διὰ Νηδύμου μίαν , διὰ Κρονίου μαχαιροφόρου μίαν · λοιπὸν οὖν ἔλαβον παρὰ τοῦ Ἄραβος τὴν ἐπιστολὴν καὶ ἀνέγνων καὶ ἐλυπήθην. ἀκολούθει δὲ Πτολλαρίωνι πᾶσαν ὥραν· τάχα δύναταί σε εὔλυτον ποιῆσαι· λέγε αὐτῷ· ἄλλο ἐγώ, ἄλλο πάντες, ἐγὼ παιδάριν εἰμί. παρὰ τάλαντόν σοι πέπρακα τὰ φορτία μου· οὐκ οἶδα τί με ὁ πάτρων ποιήσει, πολλοὺς δανειστὰς ἔχομεν. μὴ ἵνα ἀναστατώσῃς ἡμᾶς, ἐρώτα αὐτὸν καθʼ ἡμέραν· τάχα δύναταί σε ἐλεῆσαι· ἐὰν μή, ὡς ἂν πάντες καὶ σὺ βλέπε σεαυτὸν ἀπὸ τῶν Ἰουδαίων. μᾶλλον ἀκολουθῶν αὐτῷ δύνῃ φιλιάσαι αὐτῷ· ἰδέ, εἰ δύναται διὰ Διοδώρου ὑπογραφῆναι ἡ τάβλα διὰ τῆς γυναικὸς τοῦ Ἡγεμόνος · ἐὰν τὰ παρὰ σεαυτοῦ ποιήσῃς, οὐκ εἶ μεμπτός. ἀσπάζου Διόδωρον μεγάλως. ἔρρωσο. ἀσπάζου Ἁρποχράτιον. ἔτους α Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος μηνὸς Καισαρείου ια. [v] ἀπόδος εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν εἰς Σεβαστὴν Ἀγορὰν εἰς τὴν … …θήκην ὥστε Ἡρακλείδῃ παρὰ Σαραπίωνος ……ωνος τοῦ Σωσιπάτρου.

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EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Sarapion to our Herakleides, greetings. I sent you two other letters, one through Nedymos, one through Kronios the sword-bearer. Finally, then, I received the letter from the Arab, and I read it and was grieved. Stick close to Ptollarion at every hour; perhaps he can get you free. Say to him: "I am one thing, everyone else another; I am a boy. I have sold my loads to you for a talent less (?). I do not know what my patron will do to me; we have many creditors. Do not drive us out." Ask him every day; perhaps he can take pity on you. If not, then like everyone else, you too beware of the Jews. Rather, by sticking close to him you can become his friend. See whether the tablet can be signed through Diodoros, through the wife of the prefect. If you do your own part, you are not to blame. Greet Diodoros warmly. Farewell. Greet Harpokration. Year 1 of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, month of Kaisareios 11. [verso] [Deliver at] Alexandria, at the Augustan Market, at the […] store (?), to Herakleides from Sarapion […]on son of Sosipatros.

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Found at Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

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