One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 27579
Letter from Eudaimonis to her son Apollonios TM 27579Apollonopolites Heptakomias
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A fragmentary private letter from Eudaimonis to her son Apollonios, the strategos known from his family archive, opening with prayers for his health and that of his wife Aline. Only a few words of the body survive. It comes from the Apollonopolite Heptakomias nome in Upper Egypt.
In English machine translation
Eudaimonis to Apollonios, her son, greetings.
Before all else I pray that you are in good health together with your wife Aline, and I do not cease making obeisance on your behalf before all the gods […] … He/she does not owe […] […] no […]
The 'proskynema' is a customary act of devotion on someone's behalf before the gods, common in letter openings. The letter belongs to the archive of Apollonios, strategos in the early 2nd century AD.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre d’Eudaimonis). 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.giss.apoll.3
Εὐδαιμονὶς Ἀπολλωνίωι τῶι υἱῶι χαίρειν. πρὸ πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν μετὰ τῆς συμβίου σου Ἀλινῆς καὶ οὐ διαλείπω τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιοῦσ παρὰ πᾶσι τοῖς θεοῖς […]…λησης. οὐκ ὀφείλει […] […]ν οὐδεμία[…]