Private Letter
Letter from Claudius Terentianus to his sister Tasoucharion, inquiring whether the contents of two baskets which he has sent have reached her in safety, and signifying his intention of paying her a visit
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Letter from Terentianus to his sister Tasoucharion about baskets and supplies TM 27094Alexandria (?)(Early) IInd century A.D.
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A private letter from Claudius Terentianus, a soldier, to his sister Tasoucharion, telling her he has sent baskets and asking her to report on their contents, requesting jars of olyra and radish oil, and announcing he hopes to visit soon. He sends greetings to many relatives and encloses papyrus so she can reply.
In English machine translation
Terentianus to Tasoucharion his sister, very many greetings.
Before all else I pray that you are well together with all your household. Receive from the one delivering the letter to you a small basket; whatever you find in it, write back to me about it. And through Valerius the goldsmith I have sent you another. So please, when you have received it, write back to me both about your welfare and about whatever you need. For I too hope to come up to you quickly. Do everything to provide for us two jars of olyra, the largest, and an artaba of radish oil. I sent you the origanum that came along with the oil. And if you received from Ptolemaios what I wrote […] write to me […] the two artabas […] and he has […] so that […] coming up here. Our children greet you […] and […]
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[…] Greet P[…]krates with his whole household and Ptolemaios son of Arios with the women and the children. Greet Ptolemaios and Tiberinus and Tiep[…] […] to send fresh asparagus […] through Melas, because we ask you, father, send […] one. All those in the household greet you […] by name. I sent you papyrus so that you may write to me about your health. I pray for your health forever.
[verso]
Deliver to Tasoucharion from Terentianus.
Olyra is a coarse grain, probably emmer. The address to 'father' in the margin is odd in a letter to a sister; 'sister' may also be a term of affection or for a wife.
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 Tasoucharion). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.mich.8.481
[r,ctr] Τερεντιανὸς Τασουχαρίῳ τῇ ἀδελφῇ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν μετὰ τῶν σῶν πάντων. κόμισαι παρὰ τοῦ ἀποδιδόντος σοι τὸ ἐπιστόλιον καλάθιον ἐν ᾧ ὃ ἐὰν εὑρίσκεις αὐτὸ ἀντιγράψεις μοι. καὶ διὰ Οὐαλερίου τοῦ χρυσοχοῦ ἄλλο σοι ἀπέσταλκα. καλῶς οὖν ποιήσ…