bgu.7.1679
[r] [… ? lines lost …] […]υκα[…]τι[…]ωμ[…] […]πλοσειν μ[…]νολο[…] […]…ε…ωμεντον […]ν παρὰ Πετρων[…]ς ἀναβῆναι. ἀσπάζου τὴν σύνβιόν σου καὶ τὰ τέκνα σου καὶ Σίμιλιν. ἔρρωσο. [v] Ἁρποκρατίωνι.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 30954
End of a letter to Harpokration with greetings TM 30954Philadelphia (Arsinoites)frühes III
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 2 records across 2 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
Fragment of the end of a private letter addressed to Harpokration, mentioning someone named Petron[…] and a journey up (probably upriver or to the city), and sending greetings to the addressee's wife, children and Similis. It dates to the early 3rd century AD and comes from Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
[recto]
[… lines lost …]
[…] […] […]
[…] […] […]
[…] […]
[…] from Petron[…] to go up. Greet your wife and your children and Similis.
Farewell.
[verso]
To Harpokration.
Only the closing greetings and the address survive; the name after "from" (Petron[…]) is incomplete, and the opening lines are too damaged to translate.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Brief). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.