Private Letter
Letter from Valerianus to Sokrates, urging him to come down to be released from some obligation through the intervention of a friend
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Letter from Valerianus to Sokrates urging him to come quickly TM 27116unknown place, province of EgyptIInd century/IIIrd century A.D.
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A private letter from Valerianus to Sokrates, urging him to come down quickly because a friend has promised to settle Sokrates' affair through his intercession. Valerianus warns him not to delay in case Julius sails away suddenly, and passes on greetings from Sokrates' daughter. It dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
[recto]
Valerianus to Sokrates, greetings.
You must come down here quickly, since my friend Auliatos (?) has already promised me to settle your matter for you, if you come down, by interceding for it. So see that you do not delay, lest Julius suddenly sail away. You will also be doing him a favour, since he is a stranger here.
Your daughter greets you.
Farewell.
[verso]
[…] to Sokrates.
The friend is first called Auliatos and then apparently Julius, so the name Auliatos may be a garbled form of the same person's name. Provenance is unknown.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Valerianus to Socrates). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Letter from Valerianus to Sokrates
Letter from Valerianus to Sokrates, urging him to come down to be released from some obligation through the intervention of a friend
p.mich.8.506
[r] Οὐαλεριανὸς Σωκράτει χαίρειν. ἀναγκαίως ταχὺ κατάντησον ἐνθάδε ἐπεὶ φίλος μου Αὐλίατος τὸ πρᾶγμά σοι ἀπαλλάξαι ἤδη ὑπέσχετό μοι καταντήσαντι τοῦ ἐξαιτήσασθαι αὐτό. ὅρα οὖν μὴ βραδύνῃς μήποτε ἐξάπινα ἀποπλεύσῃ Ἰούλιος. χαριεῖς καὶ τούτῳ ἐπεὶ ξένος ἄνθρωπός ἐστι. ἀσπάζεταί σε ἡ…