Current Edition: DDbDP 31312 (P.Oxy. 7 1065 Vo); TM 31312

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Title Letter of Hephaestion
Publications P.Oxy. 7 1065
More in series P.Oxy.
More in series P.Oxy., vol. 7
Chrest.Wilck. 120
Sel. Pap. I 138
Tibiletti, Lettere private 6
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Post-Concordance BL Entries BL-online; I 331; II 2 98; VIII 240
Translations Tibiletti, Lettere private (1979), 6
Origin Oxyrhynchos
More from Oxyrhynchos
Material Papyrus
Date III
More from the period between 201 CE and 300 CE
Subjects Brief (privat); Hephaistion an Stephanos; dringende Bitte zu kommen; Drohung an die Götter
Images http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/dlo?obj=pts.apis.4...
License Creative Commons License © Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Trismegistos: 31312 source

Publications P. Oxy. 7 1065 Vo (Hunt, Arthur S.) 1910, Chrest. Wilck. 120 (Wilcken, Ulrich) 1912, Sel. Pap. 1 138 (Hunt, Arthur S. / Edgar, Campbell C.) 1932
Inv. No. Princeton, Theological Seminary P. 4 Vo
Date AD 200
Provenance Oxyrynchos (Bahnasa) [found & written]

APIS: pts.apis.4xml

Title Letter of Hephaestion
Summary Side 1: a short personal letter from one Hephaestion to a friend, Stephanus, entreating the latter to come at once because of some unspecified circumstances. Side 2: apparently a complaint against a brother in the matter of the division of a piece of land.
Citations P.Oxy. 7.1065 Chrest.Wilck. 120 Sel.Pap. I 138
P.Oxy.:7:1065
Inv. Id SCR 1035 (Box 3), item 2
Support/Dimensions 9 x 9.5 cm. One mid-sized papyrus fragment, apparently cut from a larger document and reused; numerous small holes; significant (water?) damage to the lefthand side, including a 3 x 3 cm lacuna at bottom.
Origin Oxyrhynchus
More from Oxyrhynchus
Language Side 1: Greek; Side 2: Greek
Date III c. CE
More from the period between 200 CE and 299 CE
Note (general) Side 1: 8 lines written against the fibers; informal uncial hand; ample margins at left, top, and bottom.
Note (general) Side 2: 12 lines written with the fibers; different hand; text cut off on all sides from subsequent reuse.
Note (local/note) Pap. 4, Special Collections, Luce Library, Princeton Theological Seminary; Princeton, N.J.
Subjects papyrus; documentary; letter
Associated Names Hephaestion; Stephanus
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

DDbDP 31312 (P.Oxy. 7 1065 Vo) xml

1Στεφάνῳ παρὰ Ἡφαιστίωνος.
2λαβὼν τὰ γράμματα τοῦ υἱοῦ
3μου Θέωνος ἐξαυτῆς πάντα ὑπερ-
4θέμενος ἐλθέ μοι εἰς τὸ ἐποίκιον
5διὰ τὰ συμβάντα μοι. ἐὰν δὲ
6ὀλιγωρήσῃς, ὥσπερ [ο]ἱ θεοὶ οὐκ ἐ-
7φίσαντό μ[ο]υ οὕτως κἀγὼ
8θεῶ[ν] οὐ φί[σ]ομαι.
——
9[ἔρρωσ]ο̣.

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31312-1 Translation (English) xml

(Translation: from P.Oxy. 7) To Stephanus from Hephaestion. On receipt of the letter from my son Theon put off everything and come at once to me at the village because of what has happened to me. If you neglect this, as the gods have not spared me so will I not spare the gods. Good-bye.

31312-2 Translation (English) xml

To Stephanus from Hephaestion. On receipt of the letter from my son Theon put off everything and come at once to me at the village because of what has happened to me. If you neglect this, as the gods have not spared me so I will not spare the gods. Goodbye.