# Privatbrief
[Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung](https://smb.museum-digital.de/index.php?t=institution&instnr=9)
Sammlung: [Papyrussammlung](https://smb.museum-digital.de/index.php?t=sammlung&instnr=9&gesusa=3)
Inventarnummer: P 9943
Beschreibung
Brief Dios an seine Schwester Sophrone mit ausführlichem Bericht über seine Erfolge und Preise (Kleider, Geld) bei athletischen Spielen (Pammachon) zu Ehren des Kaisers in Alexandreia, die offenbar aber nicht der Zweck seines Aufenthaltes waren.
Nach BerlPap: http://berlpap.smb.museum/00333/
Material/Technik
Papyrus (Material); beidseitig, beschriftet (Technik)
Maße
Höhe x Breite: 25,4 x 14,6 cm (lt. BerlPap)
## Abschrift
### Original: Ancient Greek
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<lb n="25"/><unclear>εἰ</unclear>δ<unclear>ὼ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ς</supplied> γὰρ <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="9" unit="character"/>ντας <unclear>ἐκ</unclear> <unclear>τ</unclear>οῦ ἀγ<unclear>ῶνος</unclear> <choice><reg>κοπρ<unclear>ο</unclear>
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<lb n="30"/>νοῦμμον ἔλαβον σὺν τῷ ἀργυρίῳ καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι
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<lb n="33"/>τοῦ αὐτοῦ μη<supplied reason="lost">νὸς</supplied> ἦξεν τὴν ἱερὰν ἐν τῷ Λαγαίῳ, καὶ ἐκεῖ
<lb n="34"/>ἐπο<supplied reason="lost">ι</supplied>ησάμην, καὶ ἔλαβ<supplied reason="lost">ον κ</supplied>ο<supplied reason="lost">λό</supplied><unclear>β</unclear>ιον ἀργυροῦν καὶ <expan>κολόβιο<ex>ν</ex></expan>
<lb n="35"/>καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον. <unclear>μὴ</unclear> <unclear>οὖν</unclear> <supplied reason="lost">λυ</supplied><unclear>πη</unclear>θῇς, ὅτι <choice><reg>οὐχ</reg><orig>οὐκ</orig></choice> εὕρα<supplied reason="lost">μεν τὸν ἄν</supplied>
<lb n="36" break="no"/>θρωπον, ἄλλα γ<unclear>ὰρ</unclear> <unclear>ἡ</unclear> <supplied reason="lost">τ</supplied>ύχη δέδωκεν. προσε<unclear>χ</unclear><gap reason="lost" quantity="8" unit="character"/>
<lb n="37"/>τῇ ἀδελφῇ σ<gap reason="lost" quantity="4" unit="character"/><unclear>χλις</unclear>. θεοῦ δὲ θέλοντος μετὰ τὸν Με<unclear>χ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">είρ</supplied>
<lb n="38"/>σε καταλαμ<supplied reason="lost">β</supplied>άνομεν <unclear>ἀρέσ</unclear>κοντές σοι. ἀσπάζεταί σ<unclear>ε</unclear> <gap reason="lost" quantity="5" unit="character"/>
<lb n="39"/>σου πολλά, ἀσπάζομαι <unclear>τὸν</unclear> <unclear>κύρι</unclear>ό<unclear>ν</unclear> μου πατέρα κα<supplied reason="lost">ὶ πάντας</supplied>
<lb n="40"/>τοὺς φιλοῦντας <supplied reason="lost">τὴν ἐμὴν</supplied> <unclear>ψ</unclear>υχήν.
<lb n="41"/><supplied reason="lost">ἐρρῶσ</supplied><unclear>θαί</unclear> <unclear>σε</unclear> εὔχομαι, κυρία ἀδε<supplied reason="lost">λ</supplied>φ<supplied reason="lost">ή</supplied>, <unclear>πολλοῖς</unclear> χρόνοις.
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<lb n="41"/><expan>ἀπόδ<ex>ος</ex></expan> Σωφρονίῳ ἀδελφῇ εἰς Δ<gap reason="illegible" quantity="4" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="42"/><unclear>ἐνταῦθα</unclear> γὰρ ἡ <choice><reg>οἰκία</reg><orig>οἰκε<unclear>ί</unclear>α</orig></choice>, <expan>π<ex>αρὰ</ex></expan> Δίου ἀδελφοῦ.
<lb n="43" rend="perpendicular"/> Σωφρόνῃ <expan>π<ex>αρὰ</ex></expan> Δίου <expan>ἀδ<unclear>ε</unclear>λ<ex>φοῦ</ex></expan> </ab></div></div></body>
```
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- Hergestellt ...
+ wann: 301 n. Chr.
+ wo: [Ägypten](https://smb.museum-digital.de/index.php?t=oak&ort_id=545)
## Links/Dokumente
- [Das Objekt in der Berliner Papyrusdatenbank](http://berlpap.smb.museum/00333/)
- [Transkript basierend auf der Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri (CC BY)](http://papyri.info/docs/ddbdp)
- [TEI-Repräsentation in der Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri](http://papyri.info/ddbdp/sb;3;6222/source)
- [Das Objekt bei SMB-digital](http://www.smb-digital.de/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=2332155)
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Stand der Information: 2021-11-02 21:15:59
[CC BY-NC-SA @ Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
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- http://www.smb-digital.de/eMuseumPlus?service=ImageAsset&module=collection&objectId=2332155&resolution=superImageResolution#5437545