Letter of Aphro[dite?] to Lucius
Letter from Aphro[dite?] to her husband Lucius
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Letter from Aphrodite to her husband Lucius TM 89156This document was discovered in a Roman dump at Berenike.A.D. 50 - 75
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Fragmentary ostracon letter from Aphrodite to her husband Lucius at Berenike. She mentions his father, grain matters, a payment of 100 drachmas to Antonius, and urges him not to worry about the family; Valerius is also named.
In English machine translation
[recto]
[…]
[…] we have […] and […]
[…] to themselves the […]
[…] has gone up […]
so that from me the equipment (?) […]
[…] lest […]
…
[…] with the […]
[…] to them and from […]
it is fitting. Your father said to me [that]
'Look, (?) […] everything without delay.'
They have not yet […] to me about the grain matters […]
went away […] I am without delay. The […]
[…] that I am not useless. […]
Do not be anxious about us. Take care […]
[…] with […] to the […]
[…] and the […]
[…] to the gods. For the rest, you know that […]
[…] to send to you […]
[…] your […]
[…] saying, 'I have given 100 drachmas to Antonius' […]
[…] we have […] to the […]
[…] I will give him […]
[…] trustworthy (?) […]
[…] someone to Valerius the father […]
[…] neither […] your […]
[verso]
[Deliver] from Aphrodite
[to Be]renike, to Lucius her husband.
[…] you need […]
[…]
[…] and Valerius the brother […]
(Deliver)
The sender's name Aphrodite and the word 'husband' in the address are partly restored. The word σενοσαου in the father's quoted speech is not understood.
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 Aphro[dite?] to Lucius). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
o.berenike.2.130
[r] [… ? lines lost …] ……καμεν καὶ …[…] […]…[…]δ[…]ω ἑαυτοῖς ὁ ἐπ[…] β…κε[…] ἀναβέβηκεν ω[…] ἵνα παρ’ ἐμοῦ τὰ σκεύη […] […]…[…]μαι μήποτε μη…[…] … θα μετὰ τῶν …[…]εων …[…] τω αὐτοῖς καὶ ἀπὸ λειω[…] πρέπει. εἶπε μοι ὁ πατήρ σου ὅτι ἰδού, σενοσαου πάντα ἀκαθυστέρητος οὔπω μοι λε…ιπ…