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o.berenike.2.130 A.D. 50 - 75
Letter of Aphro[dite?] to Lucius via APIS-papyrus
Letter from Aphrodite to her husband Lucius. Fragmentary ostracon letter from Aphrodite to her husband Lucius at Berenike. She mentions his father, grain matters, a payment of 100 drachmas to Antonius, and urges him not to worry about the family; Valerius is also named. machine translation
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TM 89156.
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- Letter of Aphro[dite?] to Lucius APIS-papyrus This document was discovered in a A.D. 50 - 75
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
[… ? lines lost …]
……καμεν καὶ …[…]
[…]…[…]δ[…]ω ἑαυτοῖς ὁ ἐπ[…]
β…κε[…] ἀναβέβηκεν ω[…]
ἵνα παρ’ ἐμοῦ τὰ σκεύη […]
[…]…[…]μαι μήποτε μη…[…]
…
θα μετὰ τῶν …[…]εων …[…]
τω αὐτοῖς καὶ ἀπὸ λειω[…]
πρέπει. εἶπε μοι ὁ πατήρ σου ὅτι
ἰδού, σενοσαου πάντα ἀκαθυστέρητος
οὔπω μοι λε…ιπικαν περὶ τῶν σιτικῶν […]ἀ-
πηλθ… ἀκαθυστέρητός εἰμι. τὰς α[…]…[…]
νω ο…[…] ὅτι οὔκ εἰμι ἀχρεία. οζ…ο…[…]
μὴ ἀγωνία περὶ ἡμῶν. ἐπιμέλου[…]
[…]… μετα…[…] τοῖς οσ…[…]
[…]…ησα καὶ τὸ προσ[…]ν …[…]
[…]…ενα δὲ θεοῖς. λοιπὸν οἶδες ὅτι …[…]
[…]απεξοις ἀποστέλλειν σοι …[…]
[…]εθα…σου…νχηκα[…]α …[…]
[…]… λέγων ὅτι δέδωκα δραχμὰς ρ Ἀντωνίῳ[…]
[…]…πην … καμεν[…]ου τῶι σκω…[…]…[…]
[…]…αν[…]καμ…[…]ω δώσω αὐτῷ […]
[…]αμμητι πιστω…[…]
[…]π…ν τις Οὐαλερίῳ τῷ πατρί[…]
[…]ανιοσε οὔτε […]ην σου χ[…]
[v]
ἀπόδος παρὰ Ἀφροδίτης
εἰς Βερνίκην Λουκίῳ συμβίῳ
[…]…[…]……… χρῄζῃς […]
[… 1 line lost …]
[…]…ς καὶ Οὐαλέρις ὁ ἀδελφός […]…
ἀπόδοςTranslations (1)
[recto]
[…]
[…] we have […] and […]
[…] to themselves the […]
[…] has gone up […]
so that from me the equipment (?) […]
[…] lest […]
…
[…] with the […]
[…] to them and from […]
it is fitting. Your father said to me [that]
'Look, (?) […] everything without delay.'
They have not yet […] to me about the grain matters […]
went away […] I am without delay. The […]
[…] that I am not useless. […]
Do not be anxious about us. Take care […]
[…] with […] to the […]
[…] and the […]
[…] to the gods. For the rest, you know that […]
[…] to send to you […]
[…] your […]
[…] saying, 'I have given 100 drachmas to Antonius' […]
[…] we have […] to the […]
[…] I will give him […]
[…] trustworthy (?) […]
[…] someone to Valerius the father […]
[…] neither […] your […]
[verso]
[Deliver] from Aphrodite
[to Be]renike, to Lucius her husband.
[…] you need […]
[…]
[…] and Valerius the brother […]
(Deliver)
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 89156 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.berenike;2;130 tier-1
- HGV-Text 89156 tier-1
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