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p.grenf.1.61 VIArsinoites
Letter from Maria to her husband, a lady Maria and her son Chryses. A Christian private letter from a woman named Maria, writing as "mama", to her husband, to another Maria whom she calls her lady, and to her son Chryses. She opens with prayers to Christ for their health; most of the body is lost. It dates to the 6th century AD and comes from the Arsinoite nome. machine translation
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TM 38215.
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- (untitled record) HGV-meta ArsinoitesVI
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
τῷ δεσπότῃ μου τῆς ψυχῆς γλυκυτάτῳ καὶ τιμιωτάτῳ κατὰ πάντα τῷ κυρίῳ Μαρίας ἡ προσκυνοῦσά σε ἡ μάμα
τῶν παιδίων σου, καὶ τῇ κυρίᾳ μου τῶν
ὀφθαλμῶν τῇ κυρίᾳ μου Μαρίᾳ, καὶ τῷ
καλῷ μου υἱῷ Χρύση ἡ προσκυνοῦσα
ὑμᾶς ἡ μάμα ὑμῶν, πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὐχὰς καὶ δεήσεις ἀναπέμπω πρὸς
τὸν Θεόν μου καὶ σωτῆρα ἡμῶν τὸν
Χριστὸν ὅπως ὑγιαίνοντας ὑμᾶς καὶ
εὐθυμοῦντάς μοι συνήθως διατηρῶσιν. ἠθέλησάς μοι δεῖξαι, κυρία μου,
[… ? lines lost …]
[v]
καλῶς ἐστὶν τέως καὶ ἐντηρήσει ἡμᾶς πάντας.
ἀπόδος τῷ δεσπότῃ μου τῆς ψυχῆς […]τ[…]Translations (1)
[recto]
To my master of my soul, sweetest and most honoured in all things, my lord, Maria who does you obeisance, the mama of your children; and to my lady of my eyes, my lady Maria; and to my good son Chryses, she who does you obeisance, your mama. Before all else I send up prayers and supplications to my God and our Saviour Christ, that they may keep you healthy and in good spirits for me, as usual. You wished to show me, my lady,
[…]
[verso]
[…] it is well for now, and he will watch over (?) us all.
Deliver to my master of my soul […]
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Arsinoite nome
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 38215 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.grenf;1;61 tier-1
- HGV-Text 38215 tier-1
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