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p.giss.1.54 IV - VThebais
Brief eines Diakon an zwei λειτουργοῦντες via HGV-meta
Letter of the deacon Kyros about a nomination as grain distributor at Syene. Letter from the deacon Kyros to Olympiodoros and Hermaeion, telling Hermaeion that he has been nominated distributor at Syene and urging him to hurry there to meet the grain ships, and asking Olympiodoros to register the estate's public grain. Kyros also sends assignment orders for the annona of the new indiction. Thebaid, 4th-5th century AD. machine translation
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TM 33137.
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- chrest.wilck.420 DDbDP-text ThebaisIV - V
- Brief eines Diakon an zwei λειτουργοῦντες HGV-meta ThebaisIV - V
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r,ctr]
Κυρίῳ μου τιμιωτάτῳ ἀδελφῷ Ὀλυμπιοδώρῳ καὶ
Ἑρμαείωνι Κῦρος ἐν κυρίῳ χαίρειν.
παρφρεύω εὑρὼν ὑμῖν διὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ Κανδισανοῦ ἔσπευσα προσαγορεύων τὴν ὑμῶν διάθεσιν, ὅπως ὑγιαίνοντες καὶ εὐθυμοῦντες ἀπολάβητε τὰ παρʼ ἐμοῦ γράμματα. ἤκουσα, ὅτι ὠνομάσθης, Ἑρμαείων, ὑπὸ τοῦ μελλοπροέδρου διαδότης τῆς
Συήνης, καὶ εἰ μὲν ἔμαθες, ὅτι ἐκηρώθη ἡ ὀνομασία σοῦ,
ταχέως κατάλαβʼ ἐπὶ τῶν τόπων, ἵνα καταλάβῃς τὰ πλοῖα
τῆς νέας ἐκταγῆς. πολλοὶ γὰρ σῖτον καὶ κριθὰς ἐνετάγησαν εἰς τὰ μέρη ἐκεῖνα ἀπὸ Ἀντινόου ἕως Διοκλητιανοῦ
πόλεως καὶ πολλὰ πλοῖα παρῆλθεν γομώμενα. σπούδασον
οὖν μετὰ τῶν ἑτέρων σου καταλαβεῖν,
ἵνα μὴ οἱ ἀπὸ διαδοτῶν
λάβοιντο τὸ κέρδος ὑμῶν. καὶ βοήθησον πανταχόθεν, τιμιώτατε
Ὀλυμπιόδωρε, τυπῶν τὸν σῖτον τὸν δημόσιον τῆς κτήσεως
ἡμῶν, ἵνα μὴ ἐπηρεασθῇ ἡ οἰκία. καὶ ἀπέστειλα ὑμῖν τὰ ἐντάγια
διὰ Πεινουθίωνος χαλκωμᾶτος καὶ Ματίνου
τῶν ἀννωνῶν τῆς νέας ἰνδικτιόνος, ἵνα λάβῃς τούτων
τὰς ἀποχάς. καὶ καταξίωσον διὰ τὸν θεὸν προσέχειν τῷ ὑμετέρῳ
κυρίῳ Ἀσυγκρήτῳ προσαγορεύω ὑμᾶς πάντας κατʼ ὄνομα.
προσαγορεύω τὸν πατέρα μου Ἄτα Λαυρῖνον καὶ Ἄπα Παρ…υ. ἐρρῶσθαι
ὑμᾶς εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοις ἐν κυρίῳ.
[r,ms]
προσαγορεύω τὸν κύριόν μου[…]…β…γι[…] μετὰ τῶν παιδίων αὐτοῦ κατʼ ὄνομα
καὶ περὶ τῆς ὑγιείας αὐτοῦ. προσαγορεύω το[…] παιδίοις Μὰνθ καὶ Παυλ…ν.
[v]
……μπ…[…]……
…[…]…[…]…ρο…λ…[…]…ανηρ…υ καὶ Κῦρος διάκων.Translations (1)
[recto, centre]
To my lord, most honoured brother Olympiodoros, and to Hermaeion, Kyros, greetings in the Lord.
I am overjoyed (?) at having found (a messenger) to you through our brother Kandisanos, and I hastened to greet your disposition, so that you may receive my letter in good health and good spirits. I have heard that you, Hermaeion, have been named by the president-designate as distributor (diadotes) of Syene; and if you have learned that your nomination has been posted, quickly get down to the place, so that you may catch the ships of the new assignment. For many have been assigned wheat and barley to those parts, from Antinoou (polis) as far as Diocletianopolis, and many ships have gone past loaded. So make haste with your colleagues to get there, so that those from among the distributors may not take your profit. And help in every way, most honoured Olympiodoros, by registering the public grain of our estate, so that the household may not be harassed. And I have sent you the assignment orders through Peinouthion the coppersmith and Matinos, for the annona of the new indiction, so that you may receive the receipts for them. And deign, for God's sake, to look after your lord Asynkritos. I greet you all by name. I greet my father Ata Laurinos and Apa Par[…]. I pray that you fare well for many years in the Lord.
[recto, margin]
I greet my lord […] with his children by name, and (ask) about his health. I greet […] the children Manth and Paul[…].
[verso]
[…]
[…] and Kyros, deacon.
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Thebes
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 33137 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.giss;1;54 tier-1
- HGV-Text 33137 tier-1
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