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p.berl.sarisch.16 Ende VI - Anfang VIIHermopolis
Freundschaftsbrief via HGV-meta
Friendship letter reproaching the addressee for not writing about his health. Fragment of a Christian friendship letter from Hermopolis, late 6th to early 7th century AD. The writer reproaches the addressee for not sending news of his health, suggesting he could have sent it by a messenger or a slave of the scholastikos, and assures him of his spiritual closeness. machine translation
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- Freundschaftsbrief HGV-meta HermopolisEnde VI - Anfang VII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
† οὐκ οἶδα δὲ πόθεν ἠμέλησας γράψαι καὶ σημᾶναί μοι τὴν ταχίστην[…]
ἢ διʼ ἀνθρώπου ἢ διὰ παιδός τινος τοῦ σχολαστικοῦ ἀνερχομένου πρὸς ἡμᾶς[…]
τὴν ὑγιείαν σου καὶ ἂν οὔκ εἰμι παρὰ σοὶ τῷ σώματι, ἀλλʼ οὖν ψυχῇ καὶ οὐ[…]
γράψαι μοι, ὅπως μάθω τὴν ὑγείαν σου. τὴν σωτηρίαν δ…[…]
οἶδα γὰρ τὴν προαίρεσίν σου ἐν ἅπασι. διὰ τοῦτο ἐχρησάμην […]
πρῶτον μὲν κατὰ θεὸν μνῆσαί μου, ἔπειτα δὲ σημᾶναι[…]
[…]…[…]
[… ? lines lost …]Translations (1)
† I do not know why you neglected to write and inform me as quickly as possible […] either through a man or through some slave of the scholastikos coming up [to us] […] of your health; and even if I am not with you in body, yet I am in soul, and not […] to write to me, so that I may learn of your health. Your safety […] For I know your goodwill in all things. For this reason I made use of […] first, God willing, to remember me, and then to inform [me] […]
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 37502 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.berl.sarisch;;16 tier-1
- HGV-Text 37502 tier-1
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