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Letter from Claudius Terentianus to his father Claudius Tiberianus TM 27092Alexandria(Early) IInd century A.D.

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A private letter from Claudius Terentianus in Alexandria to his father Claudius Tiberianus, worried that he has not heard from him since he sailed upriver while ill. He asks him to pass a letter from the dioiketes to the strategos to Tabatheus for quick delivery, and asks for news of Nemesianus.

In English machine translation

[recto] Claudius Terentianus to Claudius Tiberianus, his father and lord, very many greetings. Before all else I pray that you are in good health and prospering, which is my wish. I am surprised that after sailing upstream you did not write back to me about your well-being, but up to today I am anxious because you left me while you were unwell. So please write back to me quickly about your well-being. You will hand over to Tabatheus the letter of the dioiketes to the strategos. Let her do everything to deliver it quickly to the strategos, so that he too may quickly write back in reply to what was written to him. I too was about to sail upstream, but up to today I have not yet settled my outstanding affairs. And if you learn anything about Nemesianus, where he is staying, write back to me, since we are anxious about him too. My people greet you. Greet all who love you, each by name. I pray for your health. [verso] To Claudius Tiberianus, most honoured, from Claudius Terentianus.

Part of the Terentianus archive from Karanis; 'father' may be a term of respect rather than literal kinship. The dioiketes was a senior financial official and the strategos the governor of a nome.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Terentianus 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.

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Private Letter

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Mich.inv. 5396 · (Early) IInd century A.D. · Alexandria

Letter from Claudius Terentianus to his father(?) Claudius Tiberianus, expressing anxiety concerning the health of his father, who had been ill, and giving directions for the delivery of a letter from the dioiketes to the strategos through Tabetheus, the sister of Tiberianus

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Letter from Claudius Terentianus to his father(?)

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · SR3803 · early 2nd century AD · Alexandria

Letter from Claudius Terentianus to his father(?), expressing anxiety concerning the health of his father, and giving directions for the delivery of a letter from the dioiketes to the strategos

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p.mich.8.479

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · frühes II · Alexandria

[r] Κλαύδιος Τερεντιανὸς Κλαυδίῳ Τιβεριανῷ τῷ πατρὶ καὶ κυρίῳ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν καὶ εὐτυχεῖν, ὅ μοι εὐκταῖόν ἐστιν. θαυμάζω πῶς ἀναπλεύσας οὐκ ἀντέγραψάς μοι περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας σου, ἀλλὰ ἕως σήμερον ἀγωνιῶ διότι νωθρευόμενος ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ ἐξῆλθες. καλ…