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ddbdp.2015.4 IIITebtynis ? (Arsinoites, Ägypten)

Heron's letter : to Liberalis and Herakleia. via APIS-papyrus

Letter from Heron to his siblings Libelarios and Herakleia. A private letter from Heron, a former or serving gymnasiarch, to his siblings Libelarios and Herakleia, dealing with copies of receipts, an account of monthly payments to be sent to Alexandria, and items such as linen garments, handkerchiefs and tunics, followed by greetings to family and friends. It dates to the 3rd century AD and probably comes from Tebtynis. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Ἥρων Λιβελαρίωι τῶι τιμιωτάτωι καὶ Ἡρακλείαι τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς πλεῖστα χαίρειν.[…] προαιρέσεως ἡμῖν παρεμφερούσης […] ἄχρι οὗ ὁ ἀγαθὸς Λουκρῆτις παραγένηται καὶ ἐνέγκῃ ἐκ τῶν ἐπισταλέντων μοι ἀποχῶν τὰ ἀντίγραφα κεχρονισμένα εἰς Μεσορὴ δ. καὶ μὴ ἄλλως ποιήσῃς ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ μήτε δι[…]ε[…] ὑπολαβεῖν τὸν Λουκρήτιν ἀναγ[…] πάντος τρόπου ἀπόπεμψον τὸν τε λόγον τῶν ἐπιμηνίων θᾶττον ἵνα αὐτὸν διαπέμψῃ τὰ γράμματα ἅμα Πρωτάρχῳ καὶ […] εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν. ἤδη γὰρ προθύρωμα […] πρὸ τῆς σῆς ἐξόδου ἀκολούθως […] διαπέμψασθε πρὸς ἐμὲ Σαραπίωνα […] ἵνα ἔλθωσι ἐντὸς τοῦ Φα[…] α. διεπεμψάμην σοι τε[…] θα φέρων Γέτα τῷ καὶ Εὐδαίμονι[…].[…]μὴ λυπείσθω δὲ ἡ γλυκυτάτη σύμβιός μου[…] νέχθαι ὅσον δε[…] εἰσὶν σχεδὸν ἐ[…] λίνους, σουδάριν…[…] σουδάριν Εὐδημω[…] Ἡρωνείνῳ…[…] κολοβίων ζεῦγος […] εἰς δαπάνην δραχμὰς ρ, ἐγὼ […] τα καὶ τῶν εσ[…] κηριαπτάρια σου εὐ[…] Μυρισμὸς. ἀσπάζου […] ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ τὸν[…] τὴς γλυκυτάτης θυγατρὸς μου.[…] ἀσπὰζομαι καὶ […] κατ’ ὄνομα καὶ […] ἐμὴν Θιντιθιῶτα […] καὶ Πρωταρχ[…] Διογένην […] καὶ Μῶρον […] κατ’ ὄνομα […] […]…[…]…[…] [… ? lines lost …] [v] Λιβελαρίῳ καὶ Ἡρακλείᾳ ἀδελφοῖς Ἥρωνος γυμνασιάρχου

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Heron to Libelarios the most honoured and to Herakleia, his siblings, very many greetings. […] our intention being similar […] until the good Lucretius arrives and brings from the receipts sent to me the copies dated to Mesore 4. And do not act otherwise in Alexandria, nor […] to suppose that Lucretius […] by all means send off the account of the monthly payments quickly, so that he may forward the letters together with Protarchos and […] to Alexandria. For I am already eager (?) […] before your departure, accordingly […] send to me Sarapion […] so that they may come within the […] 1. I sent you […] […] bringing to Geta also called Eudaimon […] and let not my sweetest wife be grieved […] […] as much as […] they are almost […] linen garments, a handkerchief […] a handkerchief for Eudemos (?) […] for Heroneinos […] a pair of sleeveless tunics […] for expenses 100 drachmas, I […] […] and of the […] your candlesticks (?) […] Myrismos. Greet […] from me the […] of my sweetest daughter. […] I greet also […] by name and […] my Thintithioˉs (?) […] and Protarchos […] Diogenes […] and Moros […] by name […] […] [… ? lines lost …] [verso] To Libelarios and Herakleia, siblings, from Heron, gymnasiarch

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Found at Tebtynis (Arsinoites)

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