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De Pésynthios: en faveur de Jacob séparé de sa femme via HGV-meta

Letter of Pesynthios on behalf of Jacob the farmer, separated from his wife. A fragmentary letter from Pesynthios to a superior he calls his God-protected master, apologising that illness has kept him from coming to pay his respects. He asks his master to order that the wife of Jacob, a poor farmer, come down to join him so the couple may find some support, as they are in great need. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] [… ? lines lost …] […]…[…]…προς…[…]…[…]… ἀνελθεῖν καὶ ποδοφιλῆσαι τὸν δεσπότην μου […]ἵνα ἐπιτύχω τοῦ ἐσπουδασμένου διότι ἐξ ἁμαρτιῶν ἐρρώσθη, καὶ μέχρι τῆς γραφῆς […]ἐὰν ἀναλάβω ἐμαυτόν, ἀνέρχομαι εἰς πόδας ὑμῶν, ἐπειδὴ κατὰ πολλοὺς τοὺς τρόπους θέλω εὑρεθῆναι εἰς προσκύνησιν ὑμῶν […]παρακαλῶ δὲ καὶ δυσωπῶ τὸν δεσπότην μου ἐφʼ ἑκάστης κελεῦσαι γραφῆναί μοι τὴν ὑγιείαν αὐτοῦ […] θεραπεῦσαι τὸν δεσπότην μου ἐν ἅπασι, χωρὶς γραμμάτων ἐπίσταται ὁ θεοφύλακτός μου δεσπότης […] καὶ χρεία ἐστὶ εὑρεθῆναι τὴν γυναῖκαν Ἰακώβου τοῦ γεωργοῦ ἐνταῦθα καὶ κατελθεῖν […]ἵνα εὕρῃ μικρὴν ἀμφιλάφειαν, ἐπειδὴ ταπεινός ἐστι καὶ ὁλοταλαίπωρος καὶ χρείαν ἔχει τὸ ει[…] [v] […] καὶ δυσωπῶ τὸν θεοφύλακτόν μου δεσπότην κελεῦσαι ταύτην κατελθεῖν, καὶ εὑρεθῆναι ἐνταῦθα […] ἵνα εὕρῃ, ὡς προεῖπον, μικρὴν ἀμφιλάφειαν ἐπειδὴ πάνυ δέονται, ὡς προεῖπον […]εἰς τὴν εὐλογημένην ὑμῶν πόλιν, ἐπιστάμενος τὴν ἀγάπην ἣν ἔχει ὁ Κῦρις εἰς τὴν […] […]ὁ δεσπότης μου τηρῆσαί μοι τὴν εὐεργετικὴν ἀντίλημψιν τοῦ θεοφυλάκτου μου δεσπότου […] καὶ …νε… τῶν δεσποτῶν †

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] […] […] to go up and kiss the feet of [my master] […] [so that I may obtain] what I have been eager for, because on account of my sins I fell ill, and up to the time of writing […] [if I recover] myself, I am coming up to your feet, since in many ways I wish to be found [in obeisance to you] […] I [beg] and entreat my master on every occasion to order that news of [his] health be written to me […] to serve my master in all things; without letters my God-protected [master] knows […] and there is need for the wife of Jacob the farmer to be found here and [to come down] […] [so that she may find a little] support, since he is humble and utterly wretched and has need of the […] [verso] […] and I entreat my God-protected master to order her to come down and [to be found here] […] so that she may find, as I said before, a little support, since they are in great need, as [I said before] […] [to] your blessed city, knowing the love which Lord Kyris has for the […] […] my master to preserve for me the beneficent assistance of [my] God-protected [master] […] and […] of the masters †

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