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Letter from A[…]ulos to Horion complaining of his silence TM 31808OxyrhynchosIII

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A private letter from a man whose name ends in -ulos to his friend Horion, complaining that Horion never writes back and that items sent through Herakleides and Sakannaros never reached him. He asks for news of Horion's health, needs and affairs and sends greetings to family and friends. It dates to the 3rd century AD and comes from Oxyrhynchus.

In English machine translation

[recto] A[…]ulos to the most honoured Horion, greetings. I, holding fast to my constant affection for you, have often written to you, but you have not even once thought me worthy of a letter. Not only that, but also the things sent through Herakleides and Sakannaros, as they informed me, not even so did I receive them. Please, then, brother, write to me about your health and that of all your household, and about whatever you need, and how you are getting on, and about your business, so that I may be glad; for your prosperity is a common good fortune. I greet father Ischyrion and the children, whom the evil eye spare, and your good sister and Theon and Patermouthis and our friends by name. I pray to all the gods that you are well and in full health, enjoying good repute, good fortune and success. [verso] To Horion, friend, from A[…]ulos.

The sender's name is damaged and survives only as A[…]ulos. 'Brother' and 'father' here may be terms of affection rather than literal kinship.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter to Horion). 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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p.oxy.14.1766

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

[r] Α[…]υλος Ὡρείωνι τῶι τιμιωτάτωι χαίρειν. ἐγὼ μὲν ἐχόμενος τῆς εἰς σὲ ἀεὶ στοργῆς πολλάκις σοι ἐπέστειλα, σὺ δὲ οὐδʼ ἅπαξ κατηξίωσάς με γραμμάτων. οὐ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ διὰ Ἡρακλείδου καὶ Σακαννάρου πεμφθέντα ὡς μετέδωκάν μοι, οὐδὲ καὶ ὣς ἔσχον. εὖ οὖν ποιήσεις, ἄδελφε, ἐπιστε…