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p.gen.4.169 Ende VI - Anfang VII

Lettre d'Isaac à un éveque via HGV-meta

Letter from the notary Isaac to a bishop about grain of a monastery. A Christian letter from Isaac, a notary, to a bishop, sent with the letter-carrier Apa Victor. After respectful greetings and requests for prayers, Isaac reports an order from an illustris to write to Probus about sending something to the harbour, and discusses 450 artabas of grain given to a monastery that he could not sell over ten months because of rot, asking for help so that the poor are not harmed. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

† εὐκαιρίαν εὑρὼν Ἄπα Βίκτορος τοῦ γραμματηφόρου, ἀναγκαῖον ἡγησάμην γράψαι καὶ τὴν ἐποφειλομένην προσκύνησιν ποιήσασθαι τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ πατρικῇ ἁγιωσύνῃ. ὅθεν διὰ ταύτης μου τῆς ἐπιστολῆς προσκυνῶ ὑμᾶς παρακαλῶν ὑμᾶς μνησθῆναι τῆς πάντοτε ἐμῆς βραχύτητος καὶ τῆς προσκυνούσης ὑμᾶς τη[…] ἵνα ὁ Θεὸς διὰ τῶν ἁγίων ὑμῶν εὐχῶν ῥύσηταί με ἐκ τῆς ἐπικειμένης ὀργῆς σὺν τῷ θεοφιλεστάτῳ μου πατρὶ τῷ πρ[…] ἐκομισάμην παρὰ τοῦ ἐνδοξοτάτου μου δεσπότου τοῦ ἰλλουστρίου ἐντολὴν ἵνα γράψω τῷ κυρίῳ Πρόβῳ τὸ τ[…] πέμψαι εἰς τὸν ὅρμον. εἰ δὲ ἄρα, ὡς εἰκός, …[…] ποιήσω μόνον τὸ ἀσκανδάλιστον […] ἐνιαυτὸν τὰς ἀρτάβας υν τὰς δοθείσας τῷ μοναστηρίῳ […] ἐπάνω μου εἰς δέκα μῆνας εἰς πρᾶσιν καὶ οὐκ ἐδυνήθην […] ἐκ τῆς σήψεως καὶ ἐκ τῶν ποντικῶν […] καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος ἵνα μὴ πάσχῃ […] διὸ ἀξιῶ καὶ ἐμαυτῷ βοηθῆσαι καὶ τὸ ἀσκανδάλιστον […] καὶ ἵνα μηδὲν παρὰ γνώμην ποιήσω […] εἰδὼς τὸν ἀγαθὸν ὑμῶν σκοπὸν εἰς τὸ μηδένα […] τῶν αὐτῶν πενήτων βλαβῆναι ε…[…] καὶ ἐπέτρεψέν μοι ἀπαλλάξαι τὸ μοναστήριον […] γράφω ταῦτα ἀσπαζόμενος τοὺς τιμίους πόδας ὑμῶν. [v] † δεσπότῃ ἡμῶν τῷ πάντων ἁγιωτάτῳ καὶ ὁσιωτάτῳ πατρὶ πνευματικῷ σὺν θεῷ ἐπισκόπῳ. † Ἴσακος ὑμέτερος δοῦλος νοτάριος.

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EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
† Having found the opportunity of Apa Victor the [letter-carrier, I thought it necessary] to write and to make the [obeisance due to your] paternal holiness. Therefore through th[is letter of mine I make obeisance to] you, beseeching you to remember [my humble self always] and the one who makes obeisance to you […] [so that God through] your holy prayers may deliver [me from the impending wrath, together with] my most God-beloved father the […] [I received] from my most glorious master the il[lustris an order that] I should write to the lord Probus the […] [to send] to the harbour. But if, as is likely, […] I shall do only what is free of offence […] year the 450 artabas given to the m[onastery] […] upon me for ten months for sale, and I was not able […] from the rot and from the mice(?) […] and at present, so that he may not suffer […] [therefore I ask] both to help myself and what is free of of[fence] […] and so that I may do nothing against your wish […] knowing your good intention that [no one] […] of these same poor be harmed […] and he permitted me to release the mon[astery] […] [I write] these things, greeting your honoured f[eet.] [verso] [† To our master, the most holy of all and most pious spiritual father] with God, the bishop. † Isaac, your servant, notary.

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