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p.giss.1.55 IV - V (?)Thebais
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Letter of recommendation for the deacon Sansneus from Heron to Sarapion. A Christian letter of recommendation from the presbyter Heron to the presbyter Sarapion, written at the request of the presbyters of the village of Aphrodite. It asks that Sansneus, ordained long before by the late bishop Phoibadios and vouched for as blameless, be received as a deacon until he can return to his own village. It comes from the Thebaid, probably 4th-5th century AD. machine translation
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TM 36870.
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- Schreiben eines Bischofs an einen Amtsbruder HGV-meta ThebaisIV - V (?)
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
τῷ ἀγαπητῷ καὶ θεοσεβεστάτῳ ἀδελφῷ καὶ
συλλιτουργῷ Σαραπίωνι πρεσβυτέρῳ Ἥρων πρεσβύτερος ἐν κυρίῳ χαίρειν.
γενόμενος εἰς Ἀφροδίτην τὴν κώμην ἠξιώθην
παρὰ τῶν ἐκεῖσε πρεσβυτέρων γράψαι πρὸς τὴν
σὴν ἁγιότητα περὶ Σανσνεῦτός τινος πρὸ πολλοῦ χειροτονηθέντος παρὰ τοῦ τῆς μακαρίας μνήμης Φοιβαδίου
τοῦ ἐπισκόπου[…] τὸν δι[…]κα[…]τὴν
σὴν θεοσέβειαν […]ει……χ[…]…[…]…[…]τασει[…]κ
τῆς κώμης αὐτοῦ. ἐπεὶ οὖν μαρτυρεῖται παρὰ τῆς κώμης
αὐτοῦ καὶ παρʼ αὐτῶν τῶν κληρικῶν ὡς ἀνεπίλημπτον βίον ἔχων, καταξίωσον κελεῦσαι ἀχθῆναι
ὡς διάκονον ἕως ἂν σὺν θεῷ δυνηθῇ ἐπαναστρέψαι
ἐπὶ τὴν ἰδίαν κώμην. σὲ καὶ τοὺς σὺν σοὶ ἀδελφοὺς ἐγὼ
καὶ οἱ σὺν ἐμοὶ ἐν κυρίῳ προσαγορεύομεν·
ἐρρῶσθαί σε
ἐν κυρίῳ εὔχομαι
ἀγαπητὲ καὶ
ποθεινότατε
πάτερ.
[v]
τῷ ἀγαπητῷ καὶ θεοσεβεστάτῳ ἀδελφῷ καὶ συ…Σαραπίωνι[…].Translations (1)
[recto]
To my beloved and most God-fearing brother and fellow minister Sarapion, presbyter, Heron, presbyter, greetings in the Lord.
Having come to the village of Aphrodite, I was asked by the presbyters there to write to your holiness concerning a certain Sansneus, who was ordained long ago by Phoibadios the bishop, of blessed memory, […] the […] your piety […] of his village. Since, then, testimony is given by his village and by the clergy themselves that he leads a blameless life, deign to order that he be received as a deacon until, with God's help, he is able to return to his own village. I and those with me greet you and the brothers with you in the Lord.
I pray for your health in the Lord, beloved and most longed-for father.
[verso]
To my beloved and most God-fearing brother and fellow […] Sarapion […].
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Found at
Thebes
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 36870 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.giss;1;55 tier-1
- HGV-Text 36870 tier-1
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