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Letter of consolation from Tasoucharion to her brother Neilos TM 28089unbekanntII

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A private letter from Tasoucharion to her brother Neilos, consoling him after distressing news heard from Taonnophris and urging him to bear it bravely for his children's sake. She sends with the bearer 160 sweetmeats and 10 pine cones for a sacrifice. Written in Roman Egypt in the 2nd century AD.

In English machine translation

[recto] To Neilos her brother, from Tasoucharion. I was very distressed to hear from Taonnophris. Bear it nobly, brother, for the sake of your children, and if not, (because?) my children are away from home. Ptolemais and Sarapion, I myself was coming up. Receive from the one who delivers this letter to you sweetmeats, 160 in number, and 10 pine cones for the sacrifice […] [verso] Deliver to Neilos son of Tasalos(?), from Tasoucharion his sister.

The middle of the letter is grammatically disjointed and its sense is uncertain; the bad news is not specified but may be a death. 'Strobiloi' are probably pine cones (or pine-nut cakes) used in sacrifice.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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bgu.3.801

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · II

[r] Νείλῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ παρὰ Τασουχαρίου. λίαν ἀηδῶς ἤκουσα παρὰ Ταοννώφριος. γενναίως φερέτω ἄδελφε διὰ τὰ παιδία σου, καὶ εἰ μή, ὅτι τὰ παιδία μου ἀποδημοῦσι. Πτολεμαὶς καὶ Σαραπίων ἐγὼ αὐτὴ ἀνέβαινον κόμισαι παρὰ τοῦ ἀναδιδόντος σοι ταύτην ἐπιστολὴν τραγήματα ἀριθμῷ ἑκατὸν ἑξήκοντ…