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o.florida.14 = HGV O.Florida 14 = Trismegistos 74508



DDbDP transcription: o.florida.14 [xml]

II spc Apollonopolis Magna

Μάξιμος Τιναρσιεγέτι τῇ ἀδελφῇ πλεῖστα
χαίρειν καὶ διὰ παντὸς ὑγιαίνειν·
ἐὰν ἔλθῃς εἰς τὰς ἡμέρας σου τοῦ τεκῖν(*), γράψον μοι
εἵνα(*) εἰσέλθω καὶ τὴν λοχίαν σου ποιήσω, ἐπὶ(*) οὐκ οἶ-
5δά σου τὸν μῆνα. χάριν τούτου προέγραψά σοι, εἵνα(*)
καὶ σὺ προλάβῃς καὶ γράψῃς μοι εἵνα(*) εἰσέλθω ἐν
τῷ πλοίῳ τῶν κιβα̣ρ̣ίων εἵνα(*) κἀγὼ(*) μίνω(*) ἐχόνομά
σου καὶ τὴν λοχίαν μου(*) ποιησης(*). σοὶ γὰρ προσέχω ὅτι
ἐχόνομά σου μεναῶ(*) τεκῖν(*). ἐὰν μὴ πέμψῃς ἐπʼ ἐ-
10μὲ οὐ χάριτάν μοι ποιεῖς. ἔμελλόν σοι πέμψαι
ἀνγῖα(*) εἰς τὴν λοχίαν σου· χάριν τούτου οὐκ ἀπέστιλα(*)
εἵνα(*) εἰσερχομενη(*) ἐνέγκω καὶ δυω(*) μάτια θερμίων.
ὁ φέρων σοι τὸ ὄστρακον συνστρέφι(*)   ̣[  ̣] πρὸς ἐμέ. διὰ αὐτοῦ
μὴ ἀμελήσῃς γράψαι περὶ τῆς̣ κατʼ οἰκίας ἀπο-
15γραφῆς. ἐφώνησάν σου τὸ ὄν[ο]μα καὶ οὐ πρεσ-
εφώνησαν(*). ἔγραψα οὖν τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου ἄν̣ω
εἵνα(*) καὶ τὸ ὄνομά σου προσδῷ σινεσωειστην.
ἀσπαζόμεθά σε κ̣αὶ Καλλέαν καὶ τοὺς
ἐν οἴκῳ πάντες(*) κατʼ ὄνομα. πέμψον μοι
20φ̣ύλ̣λα ὡς εἰ(*) σφ̣υ̣ρίδιον καὶ ποιήσω σοι
αὐτὸ ἐπὶ ο̣υ̣[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]ιωδω.
[ἐρρῶ]σθαί σε εὔχομαι.

Apparatus


^ 3. l. τεκεῖν
^ 4. l. ἵνα
^ 4. l. ἐπεὶ
^ 5. l. ἵνα
^ 6. l. ἵνα
^ 7. l. ἵνα
^ 7. l. καὶ ἐγὼ
^ 7. l. μείνω
^ 8. l. σου
^ 8. l. ποιήσω
^ 9. l. μενῶ
^ 9. l. τεκεῖν
^ 11. l. ἀγγεῖα
^ 11. l. ἀπέστειλα
^ 12. l. ἵνα
^ 12. l. εἰσερχόμενος
^ 12. l. δύο
^ 13. l. συστρέφει
^ 15-16. l. προσ|εφώνησαν
^ 17. l. ἵνα
^ 19. l. πάντας
^ 20. l. εἰ<ς>

Editorial History; All History; (detailed)

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HGV 74508 Translation (English) [xml]

1  Maximos to Tinarsieges (her?) sister, many greetings and good health always. 3  If you are coming to your days of giving birth, write to me so that I may come and perform your delivery, since I do not know your month. I wrote to you in advance for this reason, so that you might also act in advance and write to me so that I would come in the provisions boat, so that I too may remain with you and perform your delivery. For I advise you that I am intended to give birth at your house. If you don’t send word to me, you do me no favour. I was going to send you jars for your delivery. I didn’t send them for this reason, so that I might bring them when I come, along with two matia of lupines. 13  The man who is bringing you the ostracon is returning to me. Do not neglect to write by way of him about the house-by-house census. They called your name and they did not call it again (?). I wrote to your brother upriver so that they might also submit your name inside in the [?]. 18  I greet you and Kalleas and all those in the house by name. Send me leaves as for a small basket and I will make it for you … I pray for your health. (Translation: R.S. Bagnall – R. Cribiore, Women's Letters (2006) 167)