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HGV: P.Oxy. 8 1154 [source] [xml]

Title Letter of Theon
Publications P.Oxy. 8 1154
More in series P.Oxy.More in series P.Oxy., vol. 8
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Translations Olsson, Papyrusbriefe (1925) 79
Origin Oxyrhynchos
More from Oxyrhynchos
Material Papyrus
Date spätes I
More from the period between 76 CE and 100 CE
Subjects Brief (privat); Theon an seine Schwester (Ehefrau?) Sarapous
Images https://library.artstor.org/#/asset/SS7730556_7730556_931338...
License Creative Commons License © Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Trismegistos: 25928 [source]

Publications P. Oxy. 8 1154 (Hunt, Arthur S.; 1911) = Olsson, Papyrusbriefe 79 (Olsson, Bror; 1925)
Inv. no. Allentown, Muhlenberg College number unknown
Date AD 75 - 99
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, U19 - Oxyrynchos (Bahnasa)[found & written]
People mentioned people
Places mentioned places

DDbDP transcription: p.oxy.8.1154 [xml]

I spc Oxyrhynchus

r,ctr
Θέ[ω]ν Σαραποῦτι τῇ ἀδελφῇ
χαίρειν.
πρὸ πάντων ὡς ἐνετει-
λάμην σοι κατʼ ὄψιν ἐπιμέ-
5λου σεαυτῆς ἵνα μοι ὑγιαί-
νῃς, μὴ ἀγωνιάσῃς δὲ
περὶ ἐμοῦ ὅτι ἐπὶ ξένης εἰ-
μί, αὐτόπτης γὰρ εἰμὶ
τῶν τόπων καὶ οὐκ εἰμὶ
10ξέν[ο]ς τῶν ἐνθάδε. ἐὰν
[δὲ σ]τρατ̣εύσ[ωμαι (?)⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- r,ms
(perpendicular) πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα καὶ τοὺς ἀδε[λφοὺς ⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
(perpendicular) [- ca.10 -]  ̣[  ̣  ̣  ̣]  ̣  ̣σίου τοῦ Ἀρσινοείτου [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] v
π̣[(αρὰ)] Θέωνος [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]

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HGV 25928 Translation (English) [xml]

(Translation: from P.Oxy. 8) Theon to his sister Sarapous, greeting. Above all else, as I enjoined upon you when with you, take care of yourself so that I may have you well, and do not be anxious about me because I am away from home, for I am personally acquainted with these places and am not a stranger here...