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Σαραπίων Ἰσιδώρῳ τῷ κυρίῳ μου χαίρειν. ἀφʼ ὅτου ἔπεμψας χάριν τῶν κυνῶν τῆς ποίμνης ἀπέστησα τὰ πρόβατα ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐποικίου καὶ τοὺς κύνας ἐποίησά δε …ωμα…τι… καὶ τὴν […]…[…]ος πρὸς τὸ ἅπαξ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 31532
Letter from Sarapion to Isidoros about sheep and dogs TM 31532unbekanntIII - IV
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Fragment of a private letter from Sarapion to Isidoros, whom he addresses as his lord, reporting that after Isidoros wrote about the flock's dogs he moved the sheep away from the hamlet. The rest of the letter is lost.
In English machine translation
Sarapion to Isidoros, my lord, greetings.
Ever since you sent word about the dogs of the flock, I moved the sheep away from the hamlet, and the dogs I made […] and the […] once and for all (?) […]
The word translated 'hamlet' (epoikion) denotes a small rural settlement attached to an estate. The text breaks off after the fourth line, and 'once and for all' is an uncertain reading of a damaged phrase.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettera di Sarapion a Isidoros). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.