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Letter from Sarapion to Archelaos, secretary of the Panopolite strategos TM 25082OxyrhynchosI

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A private letter from Sarapion to Archelaos, secretary of Theon, strategos of the Panopolite nome, about a loom (or weaving item) he brought to Smin (Panopolis) and did not send because Hermes had already supplied others. It adds greetings from Apollonios, and was found at Oxyrhynchus, dating to the 1st century AD.

In English machine translation

[recto] Sarapion to Archelaos his brother, greetings. The loom of the cross-threads (?) I brought to Smin, expecting to find you there, and I would certainly have sent it to you, if Hermes had not reported to me that he had given you others. All your people are well. I pray for your health, brother. I, Apollonios the clerk (?) of Theon the introducer (eisagogeus), send you many greetings. [verso] To Archelaos, secretary of Theon, strategos of the Panopolite nome.

Zmeis (Smin) is the Egyptian name of Panopolis (Akhmim); the meaning of 'histos ton epikarsion' (loom or warp of the cross-pieces) is uncertain. The abbreviated word after Apollonios is probably a form of 'syngraphos' or similar, perhaps a clerk or fellow-writer.

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

DDbDP-text Full record →

p.oxy.42.3062

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · I · Oxyrhynchos

[r] Σαραπίων Ἀρχελάωι τῶι ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. τὸν ἱστὸν τῶν ἐπικαρσίων εἰς Ζμεῖνα ἐκόμισα ὡς καταλαμβάνων ὑμᾶς, καὶ πάντως ἄν σοι πεπόμφειν, εἰ μὴ Ἑρμῆς μοι ἀπήγγειλε δεδωκέναι σοι ἕτερα. οἱ σοὶ πάντες ἔρρωνται. εὔχομαί σε ἐρρῶσθαι, ἄδελφε. Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ συνγρ Θέωνος εἰσαγωγέως πολλά …