One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 28324

Fragment of a private letter mentioning Sarapis TM 28324unbekanntII

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Fragment of a private letter in Greek in which the writer urges his "brother" not to send something and mentions the gods Sarapis and Isis and conscience. It dates to the 2nd century AD.

In English machine translation

[…] […] … wish (?) […] […] then to carry out works through […] […] but I urge you, brother, do not send, but from each […] … and do not think […] Sarapis and [Isis] […] this […] […] […] by conscience (?) […] … of men […] […]

"Brother" may be a polite form of address rather than a sibling. The restoration of Isis beside Sarapis is the editor's.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Private Letter). 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.aberd.193

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

[… 1 line lost …] […]…σδιο…ιου…θελου […] τότε ἔργα τελεῖν διὰ […]… δὲ παρακαλῶ σε, ἄδελφε μὴ πέμψῃς ἀλλὰ παρὰ ἑκάστου[…]…ασιου καὶ μὴ νομίσῃς[…] τὸν δὲ Σάραπιν καὶ τὴν Ἶσιν[…]α ταύτην …[…]πι […]…[…]η…[…]σο…[…]ντο […]ιν ὑπὸ τῆς συνειδήσεως[…]…μων ἀνθρώπων[…] [… ? lines lost …]