Bemerkungen zum Kondolenzbrief P. Ross. Georg. III 2

Abstract

The article focuses on the first six lines of the letter written by a certain Serenus to his mother Antonia, in which he expresses his condolences on the death of a loved one (probably her father or husband). Based on the paleographical considerations made by previous scholars as well as other papyrus attestations I suggest a restoration of the name of the deceased, which was partly lost due to the damages suffered by the papyrus. Furthermore I provide possible parallels to the gnome used in the letter and also offer an interpretation to the final part of the passage discussed.