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p.amh.2.145 spätes IVLykopolis

Letter of Apa Johannes via HGV-meta

Letter of recommendation from Apa Ioannes to Paulos. A Christian letter from Apa Ioannes to his brother in God Paulos, asking him not to neglect a certain Makarios and to help Hierax, the bearer of the letter. Ioannes regrets Paulos' sudden departure but is glad to hear from the praepositus that he will return soon. Written in Greek with a closing greeting in Coptic, late 4th century, from Lykopolis. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

τῷ ἀγαπητῷ ἀδελφῷ καὶ ηὐλογημένῳ ἐν τῷ θεῷ Παύλῳ Ἄπα Ἰωάννης βούλομαι μὲν καταξιωθῆναι ἀεὶ γράφειν τῇ σῇ θεοσεβείᾳ καὶ προσαγορεύειν τὴν ἀνεφάμιλλόν σου καλοκαγαθίαν ἀδιαλείπτως, μὴ φορτικὸς δὲ ὅμως γενέσθαι τῇ σῇ τιμιότητι περὶ οἱουδήποτε πράγματος, ἀλλὰ τὸ γνωστὸν τῆς πρὸς ἀλλήλους συνηθείας αὐτὸ τοῦτο καὶ οὐδὲν ἕτερον παρασκευάζει πολλοὺς εἰδότας τὸ σὸν εἰς ἡμᾶς ἐνδιάθετον προσφεύγειν μοι καὶ ποιῆσαι δεηθῆναί σου τῆς εὐγενείας, ἵνα μὴ ἀμελήσῃς περὶ Μακαρίου· ὅσου γὰρ παρέχεις, λήμψει ἐκ πλήρους. γνῶθι δὲ, ὅτι ἐλυπήθην διότι ἀπεδήμησας ἀλόγως εἰ μὴ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ συνταγή, ἀλλʼ ἐχάρην ἀκούσας διὰ τοῦ πραιποσίτου, ὅτι ἀνέρχῃ ταχυτέρου πρὸς ἡμᾶς. Ἱέρακι οὖν τῷ καταφέροντί σοι ταῦτά μου τὰ γράμματα ἀξίωσον συνβοηθῆσαι αὐτῷ εἰς ὃ ἐὰν δυνατόν σοι τῇ τιμιότητι. προσαγορεύω τὴν σὴν διάθεσιν καὶ τὰ φίλτατά σου τὰ πάντα, τοῦτο γὰρ προτάττεσθαι εὔλογον […]δότα περὶ τῶν αὐτῶν ὑπαρχθῆναι. προσαγορεύει δὲ τῇ σῇ διαθέσει ὁ ἀγαπητὸς Παπνούθης. † ϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲁ ⲡⲉⲕⲏⲉⲓ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
To my beloved brother, blessed in God, Paulos, Apa Ioannes. I wish to be thought worthy always to write to your piety and to greet your unrivalled nobility unceasingly, yet not to become burdensome to your honour about any matter whatever; but the known fact of our familiarity with one another, this itself and nothing else, causes many who know your affection towards us to take refuge with me and to make me beg your nobility not to neglect Makarios; for as much as you provide, you will receive in full. Know that I was grieved because you went away without reason, unless this is the arrangement, but I rejoiced on hearing through the praepositus that you are coming up to us quite soon. So to Hierax, who brings you this letter of mine, deign to help him in whatever is possible for your honour. I greet your affection and all your dearest ones, for it is reasonable that this be placed first […] concerning the same matters. The beloved Papnouthes greets your affection. † Greetings to you, my brother Paulos, and to all those of your house, in the Lord.

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