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Letter to a master about grain bought during a drought. A fragmentary private letter in Greek from a subordinate to his 'God-protected master', mentioning abba Iosephios, the purchase of grain at high prices during a drought, a certain Severos, an embroiderer and a boat. It closes with respectful greetings and a date in the 9th indiction. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[…] θεοφυλακτ[…] […] τοῦ ἀββᾶ Ἰωσηφίου, ἀλλὰ εἶπεν τῷ δεσπότῃ μου τῷ […]οὐκ ὠφείλατε λαβεῖν τὸν κόκκον ἐν τοιαύτῃ ἀνυδρίᾳ εἰς ταύτας τιμὰς […] οὐκ ἤρκησεν ὑμῖν τοῦτο ἵνα […] […]… τὸν ἀγαθὸν σκοπὸν τοῦ Κύρου κελεῦσαι γραφῆναί μοι, ἐπειδὴ […] τὸν σκοπὸν τοῦ Κύρου, οὐ μὴν καὶ περὶ τοῦ πράγματος τοῦ οἰκονόμου[…]τησας ποιῆσαι τοῦτο· εἶπέν μοι ὁ ἀδελφὸς ἡμῶν ὁ Κῦρις Σευῆρος[…]ν τέχνην, καὶ εἶπέν μοι ὁ αὐτὸς Κῦρις Σευῆρος μὴ ζητῆσαι ὅλως […]ιν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν τοιαύτην τέχνην […] τὸν πλουμάριον […]φιλοκαλεῖν ἄλλο πλοῖον ἵνα φθα[…]ὄντως Θεοῦ κελεύοντος […]διὰ τοῦ γράμματος τοὺς πανεντίμους πόδας τοῦ θεοφυλάκτου μου δεσπότου[…] τὰ γλυκύτατα κοινὰ τέκνα· ἐμοὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ποιεῖ ὁ κοινὸς […]ὁ ὑμέτερος θεράπων τοὺς πανεντίμους πόδας τοῦ θεοφυλάκτου μου δεσπότου †[…] ἰνδικτίονος θ †

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[…] God-protected […] […] of abba Iosephios, but he said to my master […] […] 'You ought not to have taken the grain in such a drought at these prices' […] […] this did not suffice for you, so that […] […] the good intention of the lord to order that it be written to me, since […] […] the intention of the lord, not however also concerning the matter of the steward (?) […] to do this. Our brother the lord [Severos] told me […] craft, and the same lord Severos told me not to seek at all […] them into such a craft […] the embroiderer […] […] to take care of another boat so that […] if God truly so orders […] […] through this letter [I greet] the most honoured [feet] of my God-protected [master] […] the sweetest common children; the common […] does the same for me […] your servant [kisses] the most honoured feet of [my God-protected master] […] indiction 9.

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