p.daris.48
[r] Ὡριγένης Ἀλεξάνδρᾳ τῇ γλυκυτάτῃ θυγατρὶ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. ὡς καί σοι κατ’ ὄψιν ἐνετειλάμην ὅτι ἐὰν δέον ἦν, ἡμερησίως γράφε μοι ἢ ἀνέπεισέ σε Σεραπιὰς τοῦ μὴ γράφειν …[…] ἐστιν τοῦ μηδέ σε […] [… ? lines lost …] [v] […] παρὰ Ὡριγένους
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 26164
Letter from Horigenes to his daughter Alexandra TM 26164unbekanntEnde I - Anfang II
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A private letter from Horigenes to his daughter Alexandra, reminding her that he told her in person to write to him daily if needed and asking whether a certain Serapias has persuaded her not to write. Only the opening survives; it dates to the late 1st or early 2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
[recto]
Horigenes to Alexandra, his sweetest daughter, very many greetings.
As I also instructed you in person, that if there is need, write to me daily;
or did Serapias persuade you not to write […] is […] not even you […]
[…]
[verso]
[…] from Horigenes
The letter breaks off after a few lines; the verso preserves part of the address naming the sender.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettera di Horigenes). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.