One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 19424
Letter from Eudaimonis to her son Apollonios TM 19424Apollonopolites Heptakomias113 - 120
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A private letter from Eudaimonis to her son Apollonios, the strategos of the Apollonopolite Heptakomias district, expressing her longing to embrace him and her joy that her piety has been rewarded by his safe and cheerful return. It dates to about AD 113-120.
In English machine translation
[recto]
Eudaimonis to Apollonios her […]est son, many greetings.
Before all else I pray to embrace you, my good one, and to kiss your sweetest face, now truly that my piety [already] receives its reward in getting you back unharmed and most cheerful. This is my whole prayer and care. This also pleases the gods […] my […] piety. […]
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[verso]
To Apollonios from [Eudaimonis].
The epithet of the son in line 2 is lost; it was probably a superlative such as 'most honoured' or 'most longed-for'. The letter belongs to the archive of the strategos Apollonios, whose return his mother celebrates, possibly after the Jewish revolt of 115-117.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Brief der Eudaimonis an ihren Sohn Apollonios). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.giss.apoll.2
[r] Εὐδαιμονὶς Ἀπολλωνίωι τῶι […]μοτάτωι υἱῶι πολλὰ χαίρειν. πρὸ πάντων εὔχομαί σε τὸν ἀγαθὸν ἀσπάσασθαι καὶ τὴν γλυκυτάτην σου ὄψιν προσκυνῆσαι νῦν ὄντως ἀμοιβὴν ἤδη τῆς εὐσεβείας μου ἀπολαμβανούσης σε ἀπρόσκοπον καὶ ἱλαρώτατον. ταῦτά μοι ἡ πᾶσα εὐχή ἐστι καὶ μέριμνα. ταῦτα καὶ …