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p.kellis.1.68 IVKellis (Oasis Magna)
Private Letter via HGV-meta
Letter from Psais to his son Elias. A private letter from Psais to his son Elias, sending greetings to Elias' daughters and their mother and complaining that he has had no letter for a long time because of a matter involving Pakysis. He urges Elias not to neglect affairs in the south and says he will come unless the landowner he serves needs him. Fourth century AD, Kellis in the Dakhleh Oasis. machine translation
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TM 33322.
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- Private Letter HGV-meta Kellis (Oasis Magna)IV
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
κυρίῳ μου υἱῷ Ἠλίᾳ
Ψάις χαίρειν. ἀσπάζομαί
σε πολλὰ καὶ τὰς κυρίας μου
θυγατέρας μετὰ τῆς μητρὸς
αὐτῶν εὐχόμενος ὑγιαίνειν,
γράμματά σου μὴ δεξάμενος
διὰ τοσούτου χρόνου διὰ
τὸ ἀνῆκόν σοι πρᾶγμα
περὶ Πακύσιος. κεὶ τελέως
ὁ ἄλλος ἀπήλλαξέν σε. θαυμάζω ὅπως μὴν ἐσχόλασας ἀπελθεῖν εἰς Μεσοβὴ
[…]ιοις…[…]ν οἰκοδομησα…
[… ? lines lost …]
… […]…λείου
[…]..[…]ανες[…]
…[…]…κ…[…] μὴ ἀφανίσθη[…]… ξύλου σχιστοῦ
ὡς καὶ ἐξ[…]επει…ασαν.
μὴ ἀμελήσῃς τῶν ἐν τοῖς
νοτίνοις πράγμασι καὶ νομίζω ὅτι σὺν θεῷ ὑμᾶς
καταλαμβάνω. εἰ γράμματα
λάβοιμι τοῦ κυρίου μου γεούχου
ἢ ἐὰν μὴ γράψῃ ὡς χρείαν
μου ἔχοντος, ἐλεύσομαι.
περὶ ὧν θέλεις γράφε μοι. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοις.
ἐν συστάσει ἔχε τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου.Translations (1)
To my lord son Elias,
Psais, greetings. I greet you warmly, and my ladies your daughters together with their mother, praying that you are well, though I have not received a letter from you in so long a time because of the matter concerning you about Pakysis. And (?) the other man has completely released you. I wonder how you did not have time to go off to Mesobe […] built (?) […]
[… lines lost …]
[…]
[…]
[…] was not destroyed (?) […] of split wood
as also […].
Do not neglect the affairs in the southern parts, and I think that with God I shall reach you. If I receive a letter from my lord the landowner,
or if he does not write that he has need of me, I shall come.
Write to me about whatever you wish. I pray for your health for many years.
Commend your brothers (to others) / keep your brothers in good standing.
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Kellis (Oasis Magna)
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 33322 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.kellis;1;68 tier-1
- HGV-Text 33322 tier-1
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