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bgu.7.1680 IIIPhiladelphia (Arsinoites)

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Letter from Isis to her mother Thermouthion on arriving in Alexandria. A private letter from a woman named Isis to her mother Thermouthion, telling her she reached Alexandria safely in four days and sending greetings to many relatives and friends. She adds that if Aion wants to join the army he should come, since everyone is enlisting. It dates to the 3rd century AD and comes from Philadelphia in the Fayum. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Ἰσεῖς Θερμουθίωι τῇ μητρὶ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Σαράπιδι καὶ τοῖς συννάοις θεοῖς. γεινώσκειν σε θέλω, ὅτι εὖ καὶ καλῶς γέγονα εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν ἐν τέσσαρσι ἡμέραις. ἀσπάζομαι τὴν ἀδελφήν μου καὶ τὰ παιδία καὶ Ἐλουᾶθ καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ Διοσκοροῦν καὶ τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς καὶ τὰ παιδία καὶ Τάμαλιν καὶ τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς καὶ τὸν υἱὸν καὶ Ἥρωνα καὶ Ἀμμωνάριον καὶ τὰ παιδία αὐτῆς καὶ τὸν ἄνδρα καὶ Σανπατʼ καὶ τὰ παιδία αὐτῆς. καὶ ἐὰν θελήσῃ Ἀϊῶν στρατεύσασθαι, ἐρχέσθω· στρατεύονται γὰρ πάντες. ἐρρῶσθαι ὑμᾶς εὔχομαι πανοικί. [v] […] παρὰ Ἰσεῖτος θυγατρός.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Isis to Thermouthion her mother, very many greetings. I make obeisance on your behalf every day before the lord Sarapis and the gods who share his temple. I want you to know that I arrived safe and well in Alexandria in four days. I greet my sister and the children, and Elouath and his wife, and Dioskorous and her husband and the children, and Tamalis and her husband and son, and Heron, and Ammonarion and her children and husband, and Sanpat(?) and her children. And if Aion wishes to serve in the army, let him come; for everyone is enlisting. I pray for the health of all of you, with your whole household. [verso] […] from Isis, her daughter.

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Found at Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

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