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Letter from Ammonas to his brother Chairemon TM 19643Hermopolis (?)113 - 120

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A private letter from Ammonas to his brother Chairemon, saying the family is sad that he has not yet returned with their lord Dioskoras, asking him to hurry Dioskoras along, and sending greetings to several people. It dates to about AD 113-120 and probably comes from Hermopolis.

In English machine translation

[recto] Ammonas to Chairemon his brother, greetings. Before all else I pray that you are in good health, and I make your obeisance before all the gods. Since you went away from us, we are grieved that you have not yet come out to us with our lord Dioskoras. Urge Dioskoras on, so that he too may come out. I greet Nennas and Besas and Pabous and Chenyris and Thetis and Italia and Chachis and Horion and K[…] and those in the house. I pray for your health. [verso] Deliver to Chairemon […]

"Brother" in such letters may mean a sibling or simply a close associate. The "obeisance" (proskynema) is a customary formula of praying on someone's behalf before the gods.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Brief des Ammonas an Chairemon). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 113 - 120 · Hermopolis (?)

[r] Ἀμμωνᾶς Χαιρήμωνι τῷ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν καὶ τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ παρὰ πᾶσι τοῖς θεοῖς. ἀφʼ οὗ ἐξῆλθες ἀφʼ ἡμῶν, λυπούμεθα, ὅτι οὔπω ἐξελήλυθας πρὸς ἡμᾶς μετὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Διοσκορᾶτος. ἔπειξον Διοσκορᾶν, ἵνα καὶ αὐτὸς ἐξέλθῃ. ἀσπάζομαι Νεν…