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p.bagnall.44 VI - VII

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Letter concerning church affairs and balsam. Fragment of a Greek letter dealing with church affairs, mentioning the most holy church, a most glorious official, a debtor, and a matter concerning balsam. It dates to the 6th or 7th century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[…]π[…] εὐαγγελίζεσθαι…[…] ὁσιωτάτων […]…ασιν καὶ παντὸς ἑτέρου […] ἁγιωτάτη ἐκκλησία διὰ […] πολλαῖς μερίμναις […] πληροφορησάτω αὐτὴν ἡ α[…]ματα. οὐ μετρίως δεομ […]…μων ἀποδεδομένων […]λῳ τῷ ἐνδοξοτάτῳ καὶ […]ενου κόπον καὶ μηδαμῶς […]ος. οὔτε γὰρ ἀμφιβάλω […]ιρον οὐδὲν τῶν λυσιτελούντων […]εως καθὼς ἐσήμανα […]… ἐκκλεισιαστικὴν οὕτω […] τὸν ὀφείλοντα μετὰ … […] περὶ τοῦ βαλσάμου ὡς […]α τὴν ἐκκλησίαν […]εται μὴ κατοκνησα[…]… φους […] … [… ? lines lost …]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[…] to bring good news […] most holy […] […] and of every other […] […] the most holy church through […] […] with many cares […] […] let the […] assure her […]. Not moderately do (we?) ask […] having been handed over […] to the most glorious […] and […] trouble and in no way […]. For I do not doubt […] nothing of what is profitable […] as I indicated […] ecclesiastical (?) thus […] the one who owes […] with […] […] concerning the balsam, that […] the church […] not to hesitate […] […] […]

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