Private Letter
End of a letter from Chairemonianos
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 27114
End of a letter from Chairemonianos with greetings TM 27114unknown place, province of Egypt(?)IInd century A.D.
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The end of a private letter from Chairemonianos, sending greetings to the recipients' children, their mothers and their mother, and passing on greetings from Anthestias and the children. A postscript mentions purple placed on top of the papyrus and little books bearing the recipients' names; it dates to the 2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
[recto]
[...]
[...] in place of him. I greet your children and their mothers and your mother. Anthestias greets you by name. The children greet you by name. We greet Castrensis and Lucretius with children and wife.
I pray for your health.
[...] the purple on top of the papyrus roll and of the little books your names [...]ammon.
[verso]
To [...]ios from Chairemonianos.
The postscript about the purple and the names on the papyrus and little books is damaged at its key verb, so its exact sense is uncertain. The names Castrensis and Lucretius are Latin, suggesting a family with Roman connections.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as From Chaeremonianus). 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.8.504
[r] [… ? lines lost …] εκ……[…]ε ἀντὶ αὐτοῦ. ἀσπάζομαι τὰ παιδία ὑμῶν καὶ τὰς μητέρας αὐτῶν καὶ τὴν μητέρα ὑμῶν. ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς Ἀνθεστιὰς κατʼ ὄνομα. ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς τὰ παιδία κατʼ ὄνομα. ἀσπαζόμεθα Καστρῆσιν καὶ Λουκρῆτιν σὺν τέκνοις καὶ γυναικί. ἐρρῶσθαι ὑμᾶς εὔχομαι. περιε…α τὴν…