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Title Letter of Ilarion
Publications P.Oxy. 4 744
More in series P.Oxy.More in series P.Oxy., vol. 4
Sel. Pap. I 105
Witkowski, Epistulae privatae 72
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Post-Concordance BL Entries ; VIII 237; IX 181; XI 145; XII 136; XIII 149
Translations Schubart, Ein Jahrtausend am Nil (1912) 40 und (1923) 46; Metzger, Nachrichten aus dem Wüstensand (1974), Nr. 46; Alltägliches Altertum (1998), S. 167-171, Nr. 2; Drexhage - Konen - Ruffing, Wirtschaft (2002), S. 281, M 72; Strobel, Von Noricum nach Ägypten (2007), S. 201.; Winter, Life and Letters (1933), S. 56; Johnson, Roman Egypt (1936), S. 281, Nr. 170; Lewis, Life in Egypt (1983), S. 54; Braund, Augustus to Nero (1985), Nr. 723; White, Ancient Letters (1986), 72; Sherk, Augustus to Hadrian (1988), S. 245; Rowlandson, Women and Society (1998), 230.; Burnet, L'Égypte ancienne (2003), Nr. 199; Straus, L'esclave (2004), Nr. 1.; Messeri, AeR N.S. 51, 2006, S. 94
Origin Alexandria
More from Alexandria
Material Papyrus
Date 17. Juni 1 v.Chr.
More from the period between 1 BCE and 0 CE
Commentary Vgl. ZPE 127, 1999, S. 157-161. Neudruck: Alltägliches Altertum, S. 167-171, Nr. 2; Strobel, Von Noricum nach Ägypten, S. 200-205. Vgl. Symposion 2013, S. 71-73.
Print Illustrations Finegan, Light from the Ancient Past, Plate 135 (nach S. 318); Deissmann, Licht vom Osten, Abb. 25, S. 135; Laudien, Griechische Papyri aus Oxyrhynchos, S. 1; Milligan, Selections from the Greek Papyri, Frontispiece; Kloft, Wirtschaft der griechisch-römischen Welt, S. 74
Subjects Brief (privat); Ilarion an Alis; Soldat; Alis soll das zukünftige Baby aussetzen; wenn es ein Mädchen wird
Images http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/dlo?obj=toronto.apis.17...
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Trismegistos: 20442 [source]

Publications P. Oxy. 4 744 (Grenfell, Bernard P. / Hunt, Arthur S.; 1904) = Sel. Pap. 1 105 (Hunt, Arthur S. / Edgar, Campbell Cowan; 1932) = Witkowski, Epistulae 72 (Witkowski, Stanislaus / ; 1911) = Strobel (ed.), Von Noricum nach Ägypten p. 200-201 (Palme, Bernhard / ; 2007)
Inv. no. Toronto, Victoria University P. Oxy. 744
Date BC 1 Jun 17 (Augustus, year 29, Pauni 23)
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, L00 - Alexandria[written]; Egypt, U19 - Oxyrynchos (Bahnasa)[found]
People mentioned people
Places mentioned places

Catalog Record: toronto.apis.17 [xml]

Title Letter
Author Hilarion
Summary Hilarion writes from Alexandria to his wife Alis, telling her that he must remain there and offering reassurance. The instruction given at lines 8-10 is ambiguous and the subject of much discussion.
Citations Deissmann, Licht vom Osten (4th ed.), 134f.; Select Papyri I 105; Witkowski, Epistulae Privatae (2nd ed.), no. 72; Milligan, G., Selections from the Greek Papyri, no. 12; White, J.L., Light from Ancient Letters, no. 72 [BL 1, 328; 2.2, 97; 3, 132; 7, 130; 9, 181; see (with additional references) St. West, ZPE 121 (1998), 167-172.]
P.Oxy.:4:744
Inv. Id F0827
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus; 25 x 14.3 cm.
Condition MS collection, 175; Box 3
Preservation Papyrus patch on verso.
Lines 15 lines, on recto along the fibers.
Recto/Verso On verso, along the fibers, address.
Hands Regular cursive.
Origin Alexandria (found in Oxyrhynchus)
More from Alexandria (found in Oxyrhynchus)
Language Greek
Date 17 June 1 B.C.
More from the period between 1 BCE and 0 CE
Note (general) Recto and verso published.
Note (general) Margins: left, 1.7 cm.; bottom, 5.1 cm.; top, 3.5 cm.; right, .2 cm.; M3 75
Note (general) 29th year of the Emperor Augustus, 23rd day of the Egyptian month Pauni.
Subjects Private letter; Oxyrhynchus; Alexandria; Private letters, Roman; Papyri
Associated Names Alis; Berous; Apollonarion
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

DDbDP transcription: p.oxy.4.744 [xml]

1 BC Oxyrhynchus

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Ἱλαρίωνα(*) Ἄλιτι τῆι ἀδελφῇ(*) πλεῖστα χαί-
ρειν καὶ Βεροῦτι τῇ κυρίᾳ μου καὶ Ἀπολλω-
ναριν(*). γίνωσκε ὡς ἔτι καὶ νῦν ἐν Ἀλεξαν-
δρέᾳ(*) σμεν(*)· μὴ ἀγωνιᾷς ἐὰν ὅλως εἰσ-
5πορεύονται(*), ἐγὼ ἐν Ἀλεξανδρέᾳ(*) μενῶ(*).
ἐρωτῶ σε καὶ παρακαλῶ σε ἐπιμελη-
θι(*) τῷ παιδίῳ καὶ ἐὰν εὐθὺς ὀψώνι-
ον λάβωμεν ἀποστελῶ σε(*) ἄνω. ἐὰν
πολλὰ πολλῶν τέκῃς ἐὰν ἦν ἄρσε-
10νον ἄφες, ἐὰν ἦν θήλεα ἔκβαλε.
εἴρηκας \δὲ/ Ἀφροδισιάτι(*) ὅτι μή με
ἐπιλάθῃς· πῶς δύναμαί σε ἐπι-
λαθεῖν; ἐρωτῶ σε οὖν ἵνα μὴ ἀγω-
νιάσῃς.
15(ἔτους) κθ Καίσαρος Παῦνι κγ. v
Ἱλαρίων Ἄλιτι ἀπόδος.

Apparatus


^ r.1. l. Ἱλαρίων
^ r.1. BL 1.328 : ἀδελφῆι prev. ed.
^ r.2-3. l. Ἀπολλω |ναρίῳ
^ r.3-4. l. Ἀλεξαν |δρε<ί>ᾳ
^ r.4. l. ἔσμεν
^ r.4-5. l. εἰσ |πορεύωνται
^ r.5. l. Ἀλεξανδρε<ί>ᾳ
^ r.5. BL 7.130 : μένω prev. ed.
^ r.6-7. l. ἐπιμελή |θ<ητ>ι
^ r.8. l. σοι
^ r.11. l. Ἀφροδισιάδι, BL 1.328 : Ἀφροδισιᾶτι prev. ed.

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APIS Translation (English)

Hilarion to his sister Alis, many greetings, also to my lady Berous and Apollonarion. Know that I am still in Alexandria; and do not worry if they wholly set out, I am staying in Alexandria. I ask you and entreat you, take care of the child, and if I receive my pay soon, I will send it up to you. Above all, if you bear a child and it is male, let it be; if it is female, cast it out. You have told Aphrodisias, "Do not forget me." But how can I forget you? Thus I'm asking you not to worry. The 29th year of Caesar, Pauni 23. (verso) Hilarion to Alis, deliver.