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p.alex.inv439 IV - VII
Letter from Phoibammon to the monk Emouthios about their father's illness. A Christian letter from Phoibammon to the monk Emouthios. Having heard from his wife that their spiritual father is unwell, Phoibammon sends a letter-carrier asking for news of his health, asks Emouthios to kiss the father's feet for him, and apologizes for not having sent Isidoros sooner. machine translation
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Inscriptions (1)
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· Greek
Transcription
[v]
ἔγνων παρὰ τῆς δούλης ὑμῶν, τῆς γυναικός μου, ὡς ὁ θεοφιλέστατος κοινὸς
δεσπότης, ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν, ὀλίγον ἀηδίζεται καὶ ἐφρόντισα οὐ μετρίως ὥστʼ ἐμὲ
ἀναγκασθῆναι πέμψαι τὸν γραμματηφόρον πρὸς τὴν ὑμετέραν ἀδελφικὴν εὐλάβειαν,
ἱνα διʼ αὐτοῦ σημᾶναί μοι περὶ τῆς ὑγιείας αὐτοῦ, ἧς οὐδέν μοι τιμιότερον, παρακαλῶ οὖν
αὐτὴν πρὸ πάντων κατεφιλῆσαι τοὺς τιμίους αὐτοῦ πόδας ἐξ ἐμοῦ, ἔπειτα, ὡς προεῖπον,
διὰ τοῦ γραμματηφόρου σημᾶναί μοι τὴν ὑγιείαν αὐτοῦ. παρακαλῶ δὲ ὑμᾶς συγνώμην
μοι δοῦναι ἐφʼ οἷς μέχρι νῦν οὐκ Ἰσίδωρον πέμψαι ὑμῖν προσενόησα[…]
οἶδεν γὰρ ὁ Θε[…]γραμματηφόρος κολύμβῳ καὶ πηλοτάτῳ Νεις[…]
παραγγεῖλον οὖν ἐξενεγκεῖν πακτονᾶριν ἵνα πέμψω ὑμῖν […]ἐγὼ Φοιβάμμων
ὁ ἐλάχιστος δοῦλος προσκυνῶ καὶ ἀσπάζομαι τὴν ὑμετέραν ἀδελφικὴν
θεοφιλότητα καὶ παρακαλῶ αὐτὴν προ[…]…[…]
[…]ὁσιοτάτου ἡμῶν πατρὸς προσκυνῶ
[…]ην τὸν πάτερα μου · ἐπειδὴ δὲ ἡ κοινῶς[…]
[…]καὶ οὐκ ὀλίγον καὶ σφόδρα ἐταράχθη[…]
[…]ἀναγνώσεως τῶν ἐλαχίστων μοῦ γραμμάτων[…]
[…]ἀναπαύσωμαι φροντίδος, ἐπειδὴ ὡς αμω[…]
[…] ἔρρωσθε ἐν κυρίῳ †
[r]
δεσπότῃ τῷ ἐμῷ τὰ πάντα θεοφιλεστάτῳ ἀδελφῷ Ἐμουθίῳ μονάζοντι
ΦοιβάμμωνοςTranslations (1)
[verso]
I learned from your maidservant, my wife, that our most God-beloved common master, our father, is a little unwell, and I was worried beyond measure, so that I was compelled to send the letter-carrier to your brotherly piety, so that through him you might inform me about his health, than which nothing is more precious to me. I therefore ask it (your piety) above all to kiss his honoured feet on my behalf, and then, as I said before, to inform me of his health through the letter-carrier. I ask you also to forgive me that until now I have not thought to send Isidoros to you […] for the […] letter-carrier knows […] with diving (?) and very muddy (?) […] So order that a small boat (?) be brought out so that I may send to you […] I, Phoibammon, the least servant, do obeisance to and greet your brotherly God-belovedness and ask it […] […] of our most holy father I do obeisance […] my father; and since the common […] and not a little and greatly was troubled […] of the reading of my most humble letter […] I may be relieved of worry, since […] Farewell in the Lord. †
[recto]
To my master in all things, the most God-beloved brother Emouthios, monk, from Phoibammon.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 33182 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.alex;;inv439 tier-1
- HGV-Text 33182 tier-1
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