Private Letter
Letter from [Tabetheus(?)] to her brother Tiberianus, urging him, as he arrived to Alexandria after a long absence, to visit her and his children
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Letter from Tabetheus (?) to her brother Claudius Tiberianus urging him to come home TM 27087Alexandria (?)(Early) IInd century A.D.
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A private letter, probably from a woman named Tabetheus, to her brother Claudius Tiberianus, a soldier who has arrived in Alexandria after a long absence. She urges him to come home at once to her and his children, reports on his daughter and son, and complains that he has not yet come. Early 2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
[Tabetheus] to Claudius Tiberianus her brother, very many greetings.
[Having learned that] you had arrived at Alexandria, I rejoiced greatly together with all my household,
[and write back to me] that you are coming to us at once, because the son in the matter […] waited for you while you were away until today. And up to now we wait for you [every day] with the children. Therefore I ask you to come [at once to] us; we shall greet you with reverence together with the children if you come up
[…] your daughter Segathis serves me; she is sensible and
[…] capable. And she sent Isidoros your son to you so that [he might bring you] your belts (?) [with] soldiers, because he follows us, lest also otherwise and violently [the flood] come on the river, since I cannot leave the house because of
[…] Isidoros and Sebathis greet you, and we greet
[…] and the children. I received a little letter from Claudius the son,
[from which I learned that] as soon as you arrived at Alexandria you [would bring (?)] me with Segathis […] but up to now you have not yet consented to come.
The sender's name is restored and uncertain; 'brother' may be an affectionate term, perhaps for a husband, since she speaks of his children. Part of the archive of the soldier Claudius Tiberianus found at Karanis.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Tabetheus (?) to Tiberianus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Letter from [Tabetheus(?)] to her brother
Letter from [Tabetheus(?)] to her brother Tiberianus, urging him, as he arrived to Alexandria after a long absence, to visit her and his children
p.mich.8.474
ΤαβεθεῦςΚλαυδίῳ Τιβεριανῷ τῷ ἀδελφῷ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. πυθομένη ὅτι παρεγένου εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν λίαν ἐχάρην μετὰ τῶν ἐμῶν πάντων, καὶ ἀντίγραψόν μοι ὅτι ἐξαυτῆς παραγείνῃ πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ὅτι ὁ υἱὸς ἐν τῷ πράγματι[…]ν ἔμενέ σε ἀπόντος σου μέχρι σήμερον. καὶ τὰ ἕως ἄρτι καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν…