Private Letter
Letter from Iulius Clemens to his brother(?) Arrianus, expressing deep dippointment at receiving no news from him
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Letter from Julius Clemens to the soldier Arrianus asking for news TM 27095Alexandria (?)IInd century A.D.
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A private letter from Julius Clemens to his "brother" Arrianus, a legionary soldier, complaining that this is his third letter without any reply and begging him to write about his health. It dates to the 2nd century AD and may come from Alexandria.
In English machine translation
[recto]
Julius Clemens to Arrianus his brother, greetings.
This is now the third letter I am writing to you, and you have sent me no reply, though you know that I am anxious unless you write to me more often about your affairs, especially since many people are coming from those parts. So I ask you, brother, not to [neglect (?)] writing to me about your well-being, which is my prayer before all the gods. I pray for your health.
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[verso]
Deliver to Arrianus, soldier of the legion […]
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"Brother" may be a term of affection between comrades rather than a sign of blood kinship. The verb in the request is damaged, and "not to neglect" is only the probable sense.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Julius Clemens to Arrianus). 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.8.484
[r] Ἰούλιος Κλήμης Ἀρριανῶι τῶι ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. ἤδη σοι ταύτην τρίτην ἐπιστολὴν γράφω καὶ σύ μοι οὐδεμίαν ἀντιφώνησιν ἔπεμψας, γινώσκων ὅτι μετεωρίζομαι ἐὰν μή μοι πυκνότερα γράφῃς τὰ κατὰ σέ, καὶ δὲ πολλῶν ἐρχομένων ἀπὸ τῶν τόπων. διὸ ἐρωτῶ σε, ἄδελφε, μη…ρειν τοῦ γράφειν μοι ὑπ…