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o.did.424 Didymoi
Theotimos via HGV-meta
Letter consoling a brother over the departure of Apoleios and Herianos. A fragmentary private letter on an ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert, addressed to a 'brother'. The writer shares the recipient's distress that Apoleios and Herianos have been taken away (probably transferred elsewhere), urges him to bear it cheerfully, and hopes to see them again if the gods allow. machine translation
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TM 144985.
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- Theotimos HGV-meta Didymoi125
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
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· Greek
Transcription
[fragment 1]
[…] Βάσσος Ἀν[…]
[fragment 2]
[… ? lines lost …]
.
[…]ελ
[…]ειν
[…] ὑγιαίνειν
[…]ε, ἄδελφε,
[…] ἔγραψες οὐδεμίαν
ἐπιστολήν. οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι λίαν
καὶ σὺ ἀθυμεῖς ἀποσπασθέντος
σου Ἀποληίου· ταῦτα δὲ καὶ ἐγὼ
ἀθυμῶ τῶν δύο ἀπεσπασμένων ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ Ἀποληίου καὶ
Ἡριανοῦ, ἀλλ’ ὅμως εὐθύμως
ἡμᾶς δεῖ φέρειν· θεῶν γὰρ ἐπιτρεπόντων πάλιν προσκυνήσομεν αὐτούς […]…ες
γράψεις […] περι τῆς σωτηρίας […]
τ…[…]ωμ…[…]
.
ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι.Translations (1)
[fragment 1]
[…] Bassos An[…]
[fragment 2]
[… ? lines lost …]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] to be in good health
[…], brother,
[…] you wrote no letter. For I know that you too are very disheartened since Apoleios has been taken away from you; and I too am disheartened about this, since the two, Apoleios and Herianos, have been taken away from me. But nevertheless we must bear it cheerfully; for if the gods permit, we shall again greet them with reverence […] you will write […] about the safety (?) […]
[…]
[…]
I pray for your health.
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 144985 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.did;;424 tier-1
- HGV-Text 144985 tier-1
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