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HGV: P.Oxy. 7 1067 [source] [xml]

Title Letter of Helene
Publications P.Oxy. 7 1067
More in series P.Oxy.More in series P.Oxy., vol. 7
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Post-Concordance BL Entries ; VIII 240; XIII 151
Translations Schubart, Ein Jahrtausend am Nil (1912) 55 und (1923) 59.; Winter, Life and Letters (1933), S. 134; Bagnall - Cribiore, Women's Letters (2006), S. 273; Bagnall - Cribiore, Women's Letters (2008), B1.12, Nr. 149
Origin Oxyrhynchos
More from Oxyrhynchos
Material Papyrus
Date III
More from the period between 201 CE and 300 CE
Print Illustrations Bagnall - Cribiore, Women's Letters (2008), B1.12, Nr. 149
Subjects Brief (privat); Helene an Petechon; Tadel; weil er nicht zum Begräbnis seines Bruders erschienen ist; Aufträge
License Creative Commons License © Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Trismegistos: 31314 [source]

Publications P. Oxy. 7 1067 (Hunt, Arthur S.; 1910) = Bagnall / Cribiore, Women's letters p. 273 (Bagnall, Roger S.; 2006)
Inv. no. Toledo, Museum of Art P. Oxy. 1067
Date AD 200 - 299
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, U19 - Oxyrynchos (Bahnasa)[found & written]
People mentioned people

DDbDP transcription: p.oxy.7.1067 [xml]

III spc Oxyrhynchus

Ἑλένη Πετεχῶντος(*)
τῷ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν.
οὐ καλῶς ἔπραξας μὴ ἐλ-
θεῖν χάριν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ
5σου· ἀφῆκες αὐτὸν μὴ
κηδεῦσαι αὐτόν. μάθε
οὖν ὅτι ἀλλοτριαν(*) γυ-
ναῖκαν(*) ἐκληρονόμη-
σεν αὐτόν. γενοῦ οὖν
10πρὸς Θέωνα καὶ εἰπὲ
αὐτῷ περὶ τῆς κέλλας
ὅτι ἐσφραγίσθη(*) την(*)
κελλαν(*) αὐτοῦ μη-
δὲν ὀφειλων(*), καὶ
15εἰπὲ Πετεχῶντι τον(*)
υἱ(*)ον(*) Πολυδεύκης(*)
ὅτι εἰ μέλλεις ἐλθεῖν
ἐλθέ, Διόσκορος γὰρ
λειτουργεῖ ὑπὲρ σοῦ·
20εἰ οἶδες(*) ὅτι \οὐ/ μέλλεις
ἐλθεῖν, πέμψον μοι
τὸν ἀδελφόν σου
Κάστορα.
ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχο(μαι).
25κἀγὼ(*) Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ π[α-]
τὴρ ὑμῶν ἀσπάζομαι
ὑμᾶς πολλά. ἀγόρασόν
μοι ὀψαρίδιον ἐκ τῆς
θαλάσσης, πέμψον [δὲ]
30διὰ ἀνθρώπου π[ιστοῦ](*)
ημε[  ̣]ου ε  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
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Apparatus


^ 1. l. Πετεχῶντι
^ 7. l. ἀλλοτρία
^ 7-8. l. γυ |νὴ
^ 12. corr. ex εσφραγισαη
^ 12. l. ἡ
^ 13. l. κέλλα
^ 14. l. ὀφείλοντος
^ 15. l. τῷ
^ 16. l. υἱῷ : υϊον papyrus
^ 16. l. Πολυδεύκους
^ 20. l. οἶδας
^ 25. l. καὶ ἐγὼ
^ 30. BL 8.240 : π[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣] prev. ed.

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HGV 31314 Translation (English) [xml]

(Translation: from P.Oxy. 7) Helene to her brother Petechon, greeting. You did not do well not to come on account of your brother; you have allowed his burial to be neglected. Know then that a strange woman is made his heir. Go to Theon and tell him about his cellar, that it has been sealed up although he owes nothing; and say to Petechon the son of Polydeuces, “Come if you are coming, for Dioscorus is labouring on you behalf. If you know that you are not coming, send me your brother Castor.” I pray for your health. I also, your father Alexander, send you many salutations. Buy me a little fish from the sea and send it bya man...