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p.cair.mich.2.24 IVKaranis (Arsinoites)
Letter to a Monk? via HGV-meta
Fragmentary letter asking for prayers and for six mules. Fragment of a respectful letter addressed to a 'master', praising his honour and kindness, asking to be remembered in his prayers, and requesting that he arrange to bring six mules. It dates to the 4th century AD and comes from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome. machine translation
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 397547.
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- Letter to a Monk? HGV-meta Karanis (Arsinoites)IV
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[… ? lines lost …]
[…]ν δεσπότης δέδωκεν, δι’ οὗ και…[…]
[…] τὴν σὴν τιµιότητα, δέσποτα, ὡς ἀληθῶς […]
[…] τὴν σὴν καλοκαγαθίαν ἑκάστοτε […]
[…]υν ἡµῖν τὰ καταθύµια χαριούͅµενος […]
[…]αν σε µεµνῆσθαι ἡµῶν ἐν ταῖς σαῖς εὐχαῖς […]
[…]… ὅπερ σε καὶ ἄνευ ὑποµνήσεως […]
[…] σπουδάσῃς ἓξ µούλας ἐνέγκ[…]
[…]…[…]
[… ? lines lost …]Translations (1)
[...]
[...] the master has given, through whom also [...]
[...] your honour, master, truly [...]
[...] your nobility on every occasion [...]
[...] to us, granting (us) our heart's desires [...]
[...] that you remember us in [your prayers] [...]
[...] which (I ask) you even without a reminder [...]
[...] that you make haste to bring (?) six mules [...]
[...]
[...]
Connections
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Karanis
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 397547 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.cair.mich;2;24 tier-1
- HGV-Text 397547 tier-1
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