Private Letter
Letter from Sabinianus to his brother Apollinarius, expressing gratitude for the help given by Apollinarius to their sister and urging him to help Sabinianus becoming their sister's guardian
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Letter from Sabinianus to his brother Apollinarius about their sister TM 27109unknown place, province of Egypt(?)IInd century A.D.
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A private letter from Sabinianus to his brother Julius Apollinarius, thanking him for the generous support he has given their sister and asking him to keep helping her. He blames careless letter carriers for the impression that he had not written, and seems to hope to become his sister's guardian (kyrios).
In English machine translation
[recto]
Sabinianus to Apollinarius, his brother and lord, very many greetings.
Every day I myself make prayers for your safety before the gods here, that you may be preserved for long years. You provide, and have provided, more than enough to our sister, for which I acknowledge all gratitude to you before all the gods, for it has been attested to me both by our sister and by our mother. I have written to you often, and the negligence of those carrying the letters has slandered us as negligent. So that she may by all means take me as guardian (?), I urge you to attend to our sister in whatever she may need from you. I greet Abaskantos, the most excellent, and all yours by name. I pray for your health, with all your household.
Mecheir 18.
[verso]
To Julius Apollinarius from Sabinianus his brother
of Apollinarius son of …
The Greek kyrios in the clause about the sister can mean 'lord' or the legal guardian a woman needed for transactions; the catalogue takes it as guardian. The address on the back is partly illegible at the end.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Sabinianus to Apollinarius). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Private Letter
Letter from Sabinianus to his brother Apollinarius, expressing gratitude for the help given by Apollinarius to their sister and urging him to help Sabinianus becoming their sister's guardian
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[r] Σαβεινιανὸς Ἀπολιναρίωι τῷ ἀδελφῷ καὶ κυρίῳ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν καὶ αὐτὸς ὑπὲρ τῆς σωτηρίας σου εὐχὰς ποιοῦμαι παρὰ τοῖς ἐνθάδε θεοῖς ὑπὲρ τοῦ σώζεσθαί σε εἰς μακροὺς χρόνους. πλεῖον ἢ μᾶλλον παρέχεις καὶ παρέσχες τῇ ἀδελφῇ, ὅθεν ἀνθομολογοῦμαι πᾶσαν χάριν σο…