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Letter from Chaeremon to John via HGV-meta

Letter from Chairemon to the ascetic John asking for his prayers. A Christian letter in which Chairemon asks John, an ascetic (apotaktikos), to remember him in his prayers and to pray to God for him night and day. It comes from Lykopolis (Asyut) in the late 4th century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r,ctr] τῷ δεσπότῃ μου πατρὶ Ἰωάννῃ ἀποτακτικῷ Χαιρήμων. προηγουμένως προσαγορεύω τὴν ἀμίμητόν σου διάθεσιν, δέσποτα, καὶ παρακαλῶ σε ὡς ἐν τῇ προσευχῇ μνησθῇς ἐμοῦ τοῦ Χαιρήμονος. τοῦτο δὲ εἰ ποιήσειας, ἔσει μοι τὰ μέγιστα χαριζόμενος. καὶ εὐλόγησόν με καὶ εὖξαι τῷ κυρίῳ μου Θεῷ νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας περὶ ἐμοῦ. ἀσπάζομαι τοὺς ἀγαπητοὺς καὶ τοὺς φιλοῦντας τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ κυρίου μου. ἐν πίστει ἔχε [… ? lines lost …] [r,ms] ἀλλὰ μετὰ τὸν ὕψιστον Θεὸν ἐπανάκειμαι τῇ σῇ θεοσεβείᾳ καὶ πέπεισμαι ὡς ταῖς σαῖς εὐχαῖς οὐδὲν δύναμαι σφαλῆναι . [v] τῷ δεσπότῃ μου ἀδελφῷ Ἰωάννῃ Χαιρήμων

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto, centre] To my master father John the apotaktikos, Chairemon. First of all I greet your inimitable disposition, master, and I beg you to remember me, Chairemon, in your prayer. If you do this, you will be doing me the greatest favour. And bless me and pray to my Lord God night and day for me. I greet the beloved ones and those who love the word of God my Lord. Keep in faith […] [… lines lost …] [recto, margin] But after the most high God I rely on your piety, and I am persuaded that through your prayers I can [come to no harm]. [verso] To my master brother John, Chairemon.

Connections

Found at Lykopolis

Cross-references (3)

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