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Letter from Sarapion to his father Sarapion about grain and land at Senekeleu TM 31546Alexandria, province of EgyptIIIrd century A.D.

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A private letter from Sarapion, apparently in Alexandria, to his father Sarapion, complaining that his father never writes and telling him to ask the letter bearer Andromachos for grain if needed. He also asks his father to check whether Harachthes has neglected the land at Senekeleu, sends greetings, and announces his return from Alexandria.

In English machine translation

[recto] Sarapion to his father, greeting. I make obeisance for you all continually, every day, before the lord Sarapis. I have often written to you, and you have not once informed me about the state of affairs. If you have need of grain, the man who handed you this letter of mine, Andromachos, a friend of very worthy people, will give it to you; for I have instructed him. So if need arises, do not hesitate to approach him. But also go to Senekeleu and find out about the land, whether Harachthes has perhaps neglected it. Greet warmly all our people by name, and Epagathos and Silvanus and the Fortune of the house. I pray for your health. Expect me too to come out from Alexandria by the 6th, god willing. [verso] To Sarapion, his father, from Sarapion, his son.

Senekeleu was a village in the Oxyrhynchite nome. The 'Fortune of the house' greeted at the end refers to the household's protective spirit.

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

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Mich.inv. 333 · IIIrd century A.D. · Alexandria, province of Egypt

Letter of Sarapion to his father Sarapion, directing him to apply to his friend Andromachos, the bearer of the letter, in case of need, and to go and ascertain whether the fields in Senekeleu (a village of the Oxyrhynchite nome) have been neglected by Harachthes

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p.mich.3.213

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · III · Alexandria (?)

[r] Σαραπίων τῷ πατρὶ χαίρειν. τὸ προσκύνημα ὑμῶν διὰ παντὸς ποιῶ καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Σαράπιδι. πολλάκις σοι ἔγραψα καὶ σὺ οὐδὲ ἅπαξ μοι ἐδήλωσας περὶ τῶν ὄντων πραγμάτων. ἐὰν δέ σοι ἀνάγκη γένηται σίτου δώσει σοι ὁ παραδούς σοι ταῦτά μου τὰ γράμματα, Ἀνδρόμαχος πάν…