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HGV: P.Oxy. 12 1493 [source] [xml]

Title Christian Letter
Publications P.Oxy. 12 1493
More in series P.Oxy.More in series P.Oxy., vol. 12
Naldini, Cristianesimo 33
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Translations Ghedini, Lettere cristiane (1923), S. 139, Nr. 16
Origin Oxyrhynchites (?)
More from Oxyrhynchites (?)
Material Papyrus
Date spätes III - frühes IV
More from the period between 276 CE and 325 CE
Subjects Brief (privat); christlich; Thonis an Herakleos; Ankunft des Sohnes in seine Obhut
License Creative Commons License © Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Trismegistos: 31749 [source]

Publications P. Oxy. 12 1493 (Grenfell, Bernard P. / Hunt, Arthur S.; 1916) = Naldini, Il cristianesimo 33 (Naldini, Mario / ; 1968)
Inv. no. Horsham, Christ’s Hospital P. Oxy. 1493
Date AD 275 - 325
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, U19 - Oxyrynchites[written]; Egypt, U19 - Oxyrynchos (Bahnasa)[found]
People mentioned people

DDbDP transcription: p.oxy.12.1493 [xml]

III/IV spc Oxyrhynchus

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Θῶνις Ἡρακλήῳ τῷ φιλτάτῳ
πλεῖστα χαίρειν.
πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὁλο-
κληρεῖν καὶ υἱ(*)ένειν(*) παρὰ(*) τῷ κ(υρί)ῳ
5θεῷ. γινώσκειν σε θέλω, ἄδελφε,
ὅτι κατὰ τὴν ι τοῦ ὄντος μη-
νὸς Θὼθ ἐκομισάμην σου τὸν
υἱ(*)ὸν εὐρωστοῦντα καὶ ὁλοκλη-
ροῦντα διὰ παντός. τούτου οὖν
10τὴν ἐπιμέλειαν ποιήσω ὡς
ἰδίου υἱοῦ. οὐκ ἀμελήσω δὲ
ἀναγκάζειν αὐτὸν παραπροσέ-
χειν τῷ ἔ̣[ρ]γῳ ἐκ τούτου θεοῦ
[  ̣  ̣  ̣]ρ̣ε  ̣[- ca.13 -]ολο̣[  ̣]
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Apparatus


^ r.4. l. ὑγιαίνειν : υϊενειν papyrus
^ r.4. corr. ex
^ r.8. υϊον papyrus

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HGV 31749 Translation (English) [xml]

(Translation: from P.Oxy. 12) Thonis to his dearest Heracleüs, many greetings. First of all I pray for your prosperity and health before the Lord God. I would have you know, brother, that on the 10th of the present month of Thoth I received your son safe and sound in every respect. I shall take care of him as if he were my own son. I shall not neglect to make him attend to his work, ...