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o.berenike.3.270 2. Hälfte IBerenike

Letter from Taos to Markos via HGV-meta

Letter from Taos to Markos about a family dispute at Koptos. A private letter on an ostracon from Taos to Markos, whom she calls father and lord, urging him to come to Koptos and complaining at length about the conduct of her husband's mother in a family dispute involving jars, theft and slander. It was found at Berenike and dates to the second half of the 1st century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Ταῶς Μάρκωι τῶι πατρὶ καὶ κυρίωι πλεῖστα χαίρειν. γινώσκειν σε θέλω ὅτι ἐὰν μὴ ἔλθῃς εἰς Κόπτον, κύριέ …[…] μήτηρ μου καὶ ἐγὼ […] σωι τὰ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς μου. ἡ μήτηρ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς μου ἀνακαλύψασα κεράμια εἶπε Διονυσίωι ὅτε εὔλυτον ἦν τὸ πρᾶγμα, Κοννᾶς α[…] λε ἐκτὸς τῆς θύρας […] πέπωκεν αὐτὰ με[…] λι ὅλην ὥραν μοι …[…] ἃ περιτέθεισαι α…[…] μα τάσσει τοῦ πατρὸς […] κλέπτει παρὰ Γερμανοῦ […] λέγει μικροῦ φιδ…[…] ἀνθρώπους ιδεμ…[…] λωεατης οἰκίας […] ἐν τῶι Ἰσείωι καταρα…[…] μετὰ πάντα ταῦτα […] πεποίηκεν ἔγραψεν …[…] κακολογοῦσα καὶ πεποίηκεν […] ἐμοῦ τὴν μητέρα […] κατα[…]…μ[…] ουδ…ητισ…[…] οὐ φέρει λοιπὸν …λυπ…ο[…] ἀφ' ἡμῶν. ἡμεῖς γὰρ οὐ θέλομεν γράψαι σοι πάντα ἃ ποιεῖ διὰ τὸν πατέρα μου Γερμανόν. ἀσπάζομαι αὐτὸν πολλά. ἔρρωσο [v] […]…νηκεν λέγουσά μοι […]μισε μοι ἐπὶ τῶν […]…ματων ενε κρεᾳδίων […]… τὸ θῦμα πεποίηκας […]…σι Ἐπώνυχος αὐτὴν […]…φηκεν. ἔρρωσθε εἰς Βερενίκην ἀπόδ[…]ος Μάρκωι συ…γρ[…]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Taos to Markos, her father and lord, very many greetings. I want you to know that if you do not come to Koptos, lord, […] my mother and I […] the things of my husband. The mother of my husband, having uncovered jars, told Dionysios when the matter was easily settled, Konnas […] outside the door […] has drunk them […] a whole hour to me […] which you have put around (?) […] orders of the father […] steals from Germanos […] says of a little […] people […] house […] in the Iseion […] after all these things […] has done, wrote […] speaking ill and has done […] my mother […] […] […] no longer bears […] from us. For we do not want to write to you all that she does, because of my father Germanos. I greet him much. Farewell. [verso] […] saying to me […] to me upon the […] of little pieces of meat […] you have made the sacrifice […] Eponychos her […]. Farewell (plural). To Berenike, deliver (?) […] to Markos […]

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Found at Berenike

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