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p.abinn.30 Mitte IVAlexandria

Letter from Zanathos to Abinnaeus about camels, wine for the comes and gold. A letter from Zanathos to Flavius Abinnaeus, commander at Dionysias in the Fayum, asking him to feed the camels of Zanathos' brother Polychronios, which are carrying wine as a gift for the comes. Zanathos also asks Abinnaeus to send gold, since he is going to Alexandria and faces an inquiry on many matters. It dates to the mid 4th century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r,ctr] τῷ δεσπότῃ μου Ἀβιννέῳ Ζάναθος· εὐκαιρίαν εὑρὼν κύριέ μου ἄδελφε ἔσπευσα προσαγορεῦσαί σου τὴν ἀμίμητον καλοκαγαθίαν ὡς ἀληθῶς ἀσύνκριτον. ἔπειτα γιγνώσκειν σε θέλω τῶν καμήλων τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ μου Πολυχρονίου ἀπαντούντων πρὸς τὴν σὴν εὐγενίαν ὡς ἀπὸ ἐμοῦ ἀπεσταλμένα ὡς προεῖπον πρὸς Πολυχρόνιον ἐν Ἀλεξανδρίᾳ μετὰ φορᾶς οἴνου ἵνα ξένιν διδῇ τῷ δεσπότῃ μου τῷ κόμιτι ἵνα αὐτὰ θρέψῃς, τὰ μέγιστά μοι χαριζόμενος. περὶ δὲ τοῦ εἴδους οἶδας καὶ σὺ ὅτι ἐν Ἀλεξανδρίᾳ ἀπαντῶ καὶ χρείαν ἔχω· περὶ πολλῶν γὰρ ἐξετάζομαι. ἀπόστειλον οὖν τὸ χρυσάφιν· εἰ δὲ μήγε γράψον μοι καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ τοῦ εἴδους εὔνομα διοικῆσαι. ἐρρῶσθαί σʼ εὔχομαι. [r,ms] περὶ δὲ ὧν βούλει κέλευέ μοι ἡδέως ποιοῦντι. ἀσπάζομαι τὸν ἀβάσκαντὸν σου οἶκον καὶ τὰ ἀβάσκαντα σου παιδία. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοις. [v] τῷ δεσπότῃ μου Ἀβιννέῳ

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
To my master Abinnaeus, Zanathos. Having found an opportunity, my lord brother, I hastened to greet your inimitable nobility, truly incomparable. Next, I want you to know that the camels of my brother Polychronios are coming to your nobility as if sent by me, as I told Polychronios beforehand in Alexandria, with a load of wine, so that he may give a gift to my master the comes, so that you may feed them, doing me the greatest favour. And concerning the kind (?), you too know that I am going to Alexandria and I have need; for I am being examined about many matters. Send therefore the gold; but if not, write to me also to manage properly from the kind itself. I pray for your health. [margin] And concerning whatever you wish, order me, as I do it gladly. I greet your household, may the evil eye spare it, and your children, may the evil eye spare them. I pray for your health for many years. [verso] To my master Abinnaeus

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