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bgu.4.1097 41 - 67
Brief einer Frau an ihren Mann via HGV-meta
Letter from a woman to her husband Sarapion about their son's enlistment. A private letter from a woman, daughter of Demetrios, to her husband Sarapion, written in Egypt under Claudius or Nero. She warns him about a legal opponent, reproaches him for encouraging their son Sarapas to join the army, asks for lentils and radish oil, and gives instructions about sowing their allotment and grain for the public granary. machine translation
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- Brief einer Frau an ihren Mann HGV-meta unbekannt41 - 67
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· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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[…]…μηνο[…] οὐ διὸ γράφω σοί,
ἵνʼ εἰδῇς. οὔπω δὲ ἡμεῖς οὐδὲν πεποιήκαμεν.
ἐὰν δὲ ὁ ἀντίδικος ἀναβῇ, περίβλεπε αὐτόν.
φοβοῦμαι γὰρ μὴ σχάσῃ, νεναυσίακε γάρ.
περὶ δὲ Σαραπᾶτος τοῦ υἱοῦ οὐ καταλέλυκε παρʼ ἐμὲ ὅλως, ἀλλὰ ἀπῆλθεν εἰς παρεμβολὴν στρατεύσασθαι. οὐ καλῶς ἐποίησας
συνβουλεύσας αὐτῷ στρατεύσασθαι. ἐμοῦ
γὰρ λεγούσης αὐτῷ μὴ στρατεύσῃ, λέγει μοι
ὅτι ὁ πατήρ μου εἶπέ μοι στρατεύσασθαι.
περὶ δὲ Ἐπαφροδίτου ὧδέ ἐστιν παρʼ ἐμοί.
εὖ οὖν ποιήσεις. ἔχω ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τῷ μέσῳ
φακόν, τοῦτόν μοι πέμψον καὶ χοῦν ἐλαίου
ῥαφανίνου, ἵνα ἔχω ἐπιμήνια ὧδε, ἐγὼ γὰρ
οὐχ ὀλιγωρῶ, ἀλλὰ εὐψυχοῦσα παραμένω.
καὶ ἐὰν ὁ κλῆρος λιμνασθῇ, γοργε…[…]ι καὶ
εὖ αὐτὸν σπεῖρον. ἐσήμανά σοι περὶ τῶν
γενημάτων ποτὲ …νηθ[…]ουσα δ[…]
τῷ ἡγεμόνι ἐπιστολὴν[…] ἡμᾶς, ἵνα
εἰς τὸ δημόσιον μετρηθῇ καὶ εἰς σπέρματα
δοθῇ τὸ υ…[…]
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ἔτους[…]Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος Μεσορὴ κβ.
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[…]ε οὖν τὴν μητέρα καὶ Δήμητριν καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτοῦ ἀσπάζου
[…]ν καὶ Ἀπαροσι[…]πασου[…]
[…]τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ Διονυσείαν καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς καὶ[…]
[…] αὐτῆς καὶ τὴν μητέρα ……
ἡ δεῖνα Δημητρίου Σαραπίωνι τῷ πατρί.Translations (1)
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[…] … month (?) […] not; therefore I am writing to you, so that you may know. We ourselves have not yet done anything. If the opponent goes up, keep an eye on him. For I fear that he may give up (?), for he has become sick of it.
As for Sarapas our son, he has not lodged with me at all, but went off to the camp to enlist as a soldier. You did not do well in advising him to serve as a soldier. For when I told him not to enlist, he says to me: "My father told me to enlist."
As for Epaphroditos, he is here with me.
Please, then: I have lentils in the middle room of the house; send them to me, and a chous of radish oil, so that I may have monthly provisions here; for I am not neglectful, but I remain here in good spirits.
And if the allotment is flooded, […] quickly (?) and sow it well. I informed you about the crops once […] a letter to the prefect […] us, so that it may be measured into the public granary and given for seed the […]
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Year […] of Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, Mesore 22.
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[…] then the mother and Demetris and his children; greet […] and Aparosi(?) […]
[…] his mother and Dionysia and her children and […]
[…] her and the mother …
[Address:] [So-and-so, daughter of Dem]etrios, to Sarapion, the father.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 18535 primary
- DDbDP-Text bgu;4;1097 tier-1
- HGV-Text 18535 tier-1
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