Serenus Σερῆνος
husband · Oxyrhynchus, Roman Egypt · 2nd century
A man of Oxyrhynchus. When his wife Isidora left home he wrote to her, in shaky spelling, asking her to come back.
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2nd century · To his wife Isidora, who had left home. From 12 Phaophi to 12 Hathyr is exactly one month. The letter ends: “Tell me whether you are coming or not.” The spelling is as written.
I want you to know that ever since you left me I have been in mourning, weeping at night and lamenting by day. Since we bathed together on the 12th of Phaophi I have not bathed or anointed myself until the 12th of Hathyr. And you sent me letters that could move a stone; that is how your words have shaken me.
γινόσκειν σε θέλω ἀφʼ ὡς ἐκξῆλθες ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ πένθος ἡγούμην νυκτὸς κλέων ἡμὲρας δὲ πενθω. ιβ Φαῶφι ἀφʼ ὅτε ἐλουσάμην μετʼ ἐσοῦ οὐκ ἐλουσάμην οὐκ ἤλιμε μέχρει ιβ Ἁθύρ, καὶ ἔπεμσάς μυ ἐπιστολὰς δυναμενου λίθον σαλεῦσε, οὕτως ὑ λόγυ σου καικίνηκάν με.
Oxyrhynchus Papyri III 528 (P.Oxy. III 528)
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