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p.grenf.2.92 VI - VIIArsinoites
Letter from Kallimachos to the chancellor Petros asking for news and vegetable seeds. A Byzantine letter from Kallimachos to Petros, a kankellarios (chancellor), gently complaining that no letter came with the many messengers sent by their common mistress and asking for regular news. He also requests a few seeds of various vegetables. machine translation
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- (untitled record) HGV-meta ArsinoitesVI - VII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
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· Greek
Transcription
[r]
† ἐθαυμάσαμεν τοσούτων ἀνθρώπων πεμφθέντων παρὰ τῆς
κοινῆς ἀγαθῆς δεσποίνης καὶ μὴ δεξάμενοι γράμματα τῆς ὑμετέρας
μεγαλοπρεποῦς ἀδελφότητος. καλῶς οὖν ποιεῖ, ἐπισταμένη ὅπως μέλει
ἡμῖν τοῦ γνῶναι ἐφʼ ἑκάστης τὴν ὑμετέραν ὑγίειαν καὶ κατάστασιν διὰ παντὸς
πεμπομένου παρὰ τῆς κοινῆς δεσποίμης, γράφουσα ἡμῖν τὴν ὑμετέραν ὑγίειαν
καὶ κατάστασιν, κελεύειν δὲ καὶ περὶ τῶν δοκούντων ὅπως καὶ ἡμεῖς
εὕρωμεν μετὰ παρρησίας ὀχλῆσαι ὑμῖν περὶ ὧν χρεία. παρακαλῶ δὲ ὑμᾶς
ὀλίγα σπέρματα λαχάνων διαφόρων ἀποστεῖλαί μοι διὰ τινὸς πεμπομένου
ἐνταῦθα, ἵνα καὶ ἐν τούτῳ χάριτας ὑμῖν ὁμολογήσω. διὰ παντὸς τοῦ γράμματος
πλεῖστα προσκυνῶ καὶ ἀσπάζομαι τὴν ὑμετέραν μεγαλοπρεπῆ ἀδελφότητα. †
[v]
† δεσπότῃ ἐμῷ τὰ πάντα μεγαλοπρεπεστάτῳ πάσης τιμῆς ἀξίῳ γνησίῳ φίλῳ καὶ ἀδελφῷ Πέτρῳ καγκελλαρίῳ Καλλίμαχος.Translations (1)
[recto]
† We were surprised that so many people were sent by our common good mistress and yet we received no letter from your magnificent brotherhood. Please, then, knowing how much we care to learn on every occasion of your health and condition, write to us always through whoever is sent by our common mistress about your health and condition, and also give orders about whatever seems good to you, so that we too may find freedom to trouble you about whatever we need. I ask you to send me a few seeds of various vegetables through someone being sent here, so that in this too I may acknowledge my thanks to you. Through this whole letter I very much do obeisance to and greet your magnificent brotherhood. †
[verso]
† To my master in all things, most magnificent, worthy of all honour, true friend and brother, Petros, chancellor (kankellarios), from Kallimachos.
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- TM-Text 38223 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.grenf;2;92 tier-1
- HGV-Text 38223 tier-1
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