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p.mich.8.508

Private Letter via APIS-papyrus

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

Θαισάριον Σερήνῳ καὶ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς πλεῖστα χαίρεινχαίριν. πρὸ μὲν πάντωνπατων εὔχομαιεὔχομε ὑμᾶς ὑγιαίνεινὑγιαίνιν καὶ τὸ προσκύνημα ἡμῶν ποιῶ παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Σαράπιδι. γινώσκεινγινώσκιν ὑμᾶς θέλω ὅτι ἐκομισάμηνεκωμισαμην παρὰ Νίλου φ. κόμισαικόμισε οὖνοὐ καὶ σὺ ρα παρʼ αὐτοῦ δεσμὸν καλάμων καὶ σόλια τέσσαρα Ἡραίδι καὶ δύο Σερήνῳ καὶ ἓν Ἀμμωνίῳ καὶ δυο ἓν Χν και ν καὶ φου κάριον. ὅταν ἡ ἀδελφὴ καὶ πα καλῶς ἐν τάχειτάχι μοι πέμψον ἐπιστόλιον. ἀσπάζομαι Ἀμμώνιον καὶ Σαμποῦν. ἀσπάζεταιἀσπάζετε ὑμᾶς πάντας Πτολεμαῖος καὶ Ἀλέξανδρος. Θαισάριον Σεραποῦτι τῇ ἀδελφῇ καὶ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς πλεῖστα χαίρεινχαίριν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαιεὔχομε ὑμᾶς ὑγιαίνειν καὶ τὸ προσκύνημα ὑμῶνἡμῶν ποιῶ παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Σαράπιδι. γινώσκειν ὑμᾶς θέλω ὅτι ὁ ἀδελφὸς ἡμῶν Πτολεμαῖος ἀνέβη τὸ πρωὶ τῇ ὥρᾳ Ἐπὶφ θ. καὶ ἐδαπά νησα εἰς τὸ δεῖπνονδῖπνον αὐτοῦ ὅ τιτει ἐπέμψατέ μοι. καὶ ὑμεῖςἡμῖς τὴν ἡμίσι αν πέμψατέ μοι ῥαφανελαίου κεράμια δύο ὡς τῆς τιμῆς οὗ δε δαπάνηκα. καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ χρείανχρίαν ἔχω αὐτῶν ὅταν τίκτω. καὶ ὑμῶν γὰρ ἀδελφός ἐστιν. Ἀμμώνιος γὰρ ἀνέπλευσεν μετὰ τοῦ ἐπάρχου, αὐτοῦἀτοῦ ὢν ἐκ τῆς συσσιτίαςσυσιτίας, καὶ ὅπου ἐὰν ᾖ κατέλαβεν ἡμᾶς. ἐὰν δοκῇ τῇ μητρί μου ἐλθεῖν μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἑτοιμασάτω αὑτήνἁτήν. ἡμεῖςἡμῖς δὲ οὐδὲ ἠξιώσατε γράψαι μίαν ἐπιστολήν. καὶ κάδιόν μοι πέμψατε κολλουρίουκολουρίου εχσμεαοι ἐρρῶσθαι. ἀπόδος Σερήνῳ

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