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cpr.7.57 III - IVHermopolites

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Letter from a woman to her sister about a house and a debt. A private letter from a woman whose name ends in -line to her 'sister', asking for news, giving instructions about a house and a debt to be collected, and complaining that her sister never writes back. It comes from the Hermopolite nome and dates to the 3rd or 4th century AD. machine translation

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Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 30206. Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] τῇ κυρίᾳ μου ἀδελφῇ […]λίνη χαίρειν. πρὸ παντὸς πολλὰ εὔχομαί σε ὁλοκληρεῖν καὶ ὑγιαίνειν. τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου πάντας ἀσπάζομαι. γράφω σοι καὶ ἀξιῶ δηλῶσαί μοι περὶ τῆς … καὶ περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας. … γράμματα […]… ο…[…]πο…εσα…ε περὶ τῆς οἰκίας ἕως ἔλθω. εὑρίσκουσα ὅτι ὀφείλει … ἔγραψα αὐτὴν δοῦναι δεῖ ἀπαίτου. θαυμάζω δὲ πῶς οὐδεμίαν ἐπιστολήν μοι ἔγραψας, ὅτε πολλάκις σοι ἔγραψα. περὶ ὧν θέλεις γράφε μοι ἡδέως ἐχούσῃ. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι κυρία μου ἀδελφὴ πολλοῖς χρόνοις. [v] ἀπόδος τῇ κυρίᾳ μου ἀδελφῇ παρὰ …λίνης

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] To my lady sister, […]line, greetings. Before all else I pray much that you are in full health and well. I greet all your brothers. I write to you and ask you to let me know about the […] and about your safety (?). […] letters […] […] about the house until I come. Finding that he/she owes […] I wrote that she should give […] it is necessary, demand it. I am surprised that you have not written me a single letter, when I have often written to you. Write to me about whatever you want, since I will gladly do it. I pray for your health, my lady sister, for many years. [verso] Deliver to my lady sister, from […]line.

Connections

Found at Hermopolites

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