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p.abinn.36 Mitte IVPhiladelphia? (Arsinoites)
Letter from Palas to the praepositus Ameinaiothes asking for sheep for his wife. A private letter from Palas to his patron Ameinaiothes, a praepositus (military commander), asking him to stay at his house when he comes and to give Palas's wife some sheep so she can have a little cash. It belongs to the Abinnaeus archive, mid-4th century AD, probably from Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome. machine translation
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 32674.
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- p.gen.1.53 DDbDP-text Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)Mitte IV
- (untitled record) HGV-meta Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)Mitte IV
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
τῷ δεσπότῃ μου τῆς ψυχῆς
καὶ ἐξουσιαστῇ τῷ ἐμῷ
πραιποσίτῳ Ἀμειναιώθει παρὰ Παλᾶτος
χαίρειν.
προηγουμένως εὔχομαι νυκτὸς
καὶ ἡμέρας περὶτῆς σοῦ
ὁλοκληρίας ὅπως ὑγιαίνοντος σου καὶ εὐθυμοῦντος προσδέξῃ τὰ ἐμὰ
γράμματα. ἀσπάζομαι τὰ τέκνα σου.
ἀξιῶ καὶ δέομαι ὅπως, ἐὰν
ἀπαντήσῃς, ἐν τῇ ἐμοῦ κοιμῇ. πρὸς θεῶν
ποιεῖς ἵνα δῷς τῇ ἐμοῦ συμβίῳ
ἔνια πρόβατα ἵνα καὶ αὐτῇ εὑρεθῇ κατὰ χέρα αὐτῆς ὀλίγον
λεπτάριον. οἶδας γὰρ κύριέ μου
ὅτι ἐμοῦ οὔκ εἰσιν. ἔγραψάν μοι
καὶ ὅτι ουδι…[…]τοφως καὶ
κατηξιώσαν ἵνα εἰδῶ διʼ αὐτὰ
καὶ πάλιν ἐὰν ἀπολέσω …ο
ἐγὼ πάλιν σὸς δοῦλός εἰμὶ
καὶ οὐκ ἀποστάνομαί σου ὡς πρῶτον.
ἐρρῶσθαι εὔχομαι ἐν κυρίῳ
πολλοῖς χρόνοις, κύριέ μου.
[v]
ἀπόδος τῷ ἐμοῦ πάτρωνι καὶ κυρίῳ πραιποσίτῳ Ἀμεινεώθει
παρὰ Παλᾶτος τοῦ θρεπτοῦ αὐτοῦ.Translations (1)
[recto]
To the master of my soul and my lord, my praepositus Ameinaiothes, from Palas, greeting.
Before all else I pray night and day for your well-being, that you may receive my letter in good health and good spirits. I greet your children. I ask and beg that, if you come, you stay in my (house). By the gods, please give my wife some sheep, so that she too may have a little small change at hand. For you know, my lord, that they are not mine (?). They also wrote to me that […] and they asked that I should know through them (?), and again if I lose […], I am again your slave and I will not desert you, as before.
I pray for your health in the Lord for many years, my lord.
[verso]
Deliver to my patron and lord, the praepositus Ameinaiothes, from Palas his foster-son.
Connections
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Philadelphia (Arsinoites)
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 32674 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.abinn;;36 tier-1
- HGV-Text 32674 tier-1
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