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p.abinn.6 ca. 346Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)

Letter from Apa Mios asking for nets against gazelles. A Christian letter from Apa Mios to his 'brother' Amenneus, probably the army officer Flavius Abinnaeus, asking to borrow linen hunting nets for a few days because gazelles are ravaging the crops. It belongs to the Abinnaeus archive, around AD 346, probably from the Arsinoite nome. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

τῷ ἀγαπητῷ ἀδελφῷ Ἀμεννέῳ ἄπα Μειός ἐν κυρίῳ χαίρειν. εὐχαριστῶ τῷ θεῷ περὶ τῆς ὑμῶν ὁλοκληρίας ἵνα ῥύσει σε ἀπὸ λ… σαι[…]αριου. οἴδαμεν τὸ σπουδαῖον σου καὶ τὴν ἀγάπην σου εἰς ἡμᾶς· διὰ τὸν θεὸν ταῦτα ποιεῖς, καὶ ἐγὼ εὔχομαι αὐτῷ ἵνα ἀνταποδώσει σοι τὴν ἀγάπην ἣν ποιεῖς· διʼ αὐτοῦ γὰρ ποιεῖς. ἔπειτα γράψω σοι, ἄδελφε· ἤκουσα γὰρ ὅτι κεῖται εἰς τὰ σίγνα λίνα· εἰ δύνατόν ἐστιν ἀπόστειλόν μοι αὐτὰ ὀλίγας ἡμέπας, ἐπειδὴ τὰ δορκάδια ἀφανίζουσιν τὰ σπόριμα. εἰ δὲ οὐκ ἔχεις εἰς τὰ σίγνα τάχα εὑρίσκειςεἰς ἀλλαχοῦ· ἁπαξαπλῶς πέμψον μοι ὀλίγα, καὶ ἐν τάχει πέμπω σοι αὐτά, οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι ποιεῖς πλέον ὧν εἴρηκά σοι. ἔπεμψά σοι δέρμα ὑένας διὰ Σαίρεως· ἀσπάζομαι πάντας τοὺς ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ κατʼ ὄνομα. ὁ κύρῑος ὁ θεὸς διαφυλάξῃ σε. ἄπα Μιῶς. ἐρρῶσθαί σε ἐν κυρίῳ.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
To my beloved brother Amenneus, Apa Mios, greetings in the Lord. I give thanks to God for your good health, that he may deliver you from […]. We know your zeal and your love toward us: you do these things for God's sake, and I pray to him that he may repay you for the love you show; for it is through him that you act. Next, I write to you, brother: for I have heard that there are linen nets lying at the standards (?); if it is possible, send them to me for a few days, since the gazelles are destroying the sown crops. If you do not have any at the standards, perhaps you can find some elsewhere; in short, send me a few, and I will send them back to you quickly, for I know that you do more than what I have told you. I sent you a pig's (?) hide through Sairis. I greet everyone in the house by name. May the Lord God protect you. Apa Mios. I pray for your health in the Lord.

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Found at Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

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