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o.berenike.2.199 A.D. 50 - 75
Letter of Serapous to his mother via APIS-papyrus
Letter of Serapous to her mother. The opening of a private letter on an ostracon from Serapous to her mother, whose name begins Aphrod-. Only the greeting and the start of a statement that something was received survive. It was found in a Roman rubbish dump at Berenike and dates to about AD 50-75. machine translation
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TM 89225.
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- Letter of Serapous to his mother APIS-papyrus This document was discovered in a A.D. 50 - 75
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Σεραποῦς Ἀφροδ[…] τῇ ἐμῇ μητρὶ καὶ κυρίᾳ πλεῖστα
χαίρειν· θέλω σε γινώσκειν ὅτι
ἐκομισάμην […]
[… ? lines lost …]Translations (1)
Serapous to Aphrod[…], my mother and lady, very many greetings. I want you to know that I received […]
[…]
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 89225 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.berenike;2;199 tier-1
- HGV-Text 89225 tier-1
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