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Private Letter via HGV-meta

Letter from Pekysis to his brother Pamouris about a liturgy and purchases. Private letter from Pekysis to his brother Pamouris, sending family greetings and complaining that Pamouris has neglected them while Pamouris's son Horos is burdened with a public liturgy. Pekysis reproaches him for not sending fleece or the purple he bought and asks him to buy coloured wool; written at Kellis in the Dakhla Oasis in the mid-4th century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Παμοῦρι Πεκῦσις ὁ ἀδελφός σου. πρὸ παντὸς πολλά σε προσαγορεύω εὐχόμενος ὁλοκληρεῖν. προσαγορεύει σε ἡ σύμβιός σου καὶ ὁ υἱός σου Ὧρος καὶ ἡ μικρὰ αὐτοῦ ἀδελφή. ἀσπάζεταί σε ὁ ἀδελφός σου Ὧρος καὶ Θεόγνωστος καὶ Ψάις καὶ πάντες οἱ ἡμέτεροι καὶ ἐρρωμένοι ἐσμὲν πάντες θεοῦ χάριτι. ἴσως μὲν ἠκούσθης περὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ ἡμῶν Ὥρου ὅτι λειτουργεῖ ἄρτι καὶ πάντως διὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἠθέλησας πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἐλθεῖν προορώμενος τὴν τῆς λειτουργίας πίμπλησιν ἐλθὲ σύ, καὶ χρείαν σου οὐκ ἔχει εἰς τοῦτο. θαυμάζω δὲ πῶς οὐκ ἐπέστειλάς μοι καὶ ἐὰν ποκάριον ἓν εἰδὼς ἡμᾶς μὴ ἄλλο ἔχοντας ἐν χερσί. οὔτε ἐμοὶ ἔπεμψας οὔτε τῷ υἱῷ σου. οὐ μόνος γὰρ αὐτὸς σχολάζει εἰς τὴν ὑπηρεσίαν τῆς λειτουργίας, ἀλλά ἐγὼ αὐτὸς σχολὴν πρὸς μίαν ὥραν οὐκ ἔχω ἀπὸ τῶν τοιούτων· ἐκπλήττομαι δέ σου τὸ ἀμέριμνον περὶ ἡμῶν. εἰ γὰρ ἠγόρασας τὴν μικρὰν πορφύραν καὶ μόνον διὰ σάκκον, οὐκ ἔπεμψας. θαυμαστόν· ἐδύνου γὰρ σαβάνιον ἀγοράσαι καὶ βαλεῖν αὐτὴν εἰς αὐτὸ καὶ ἀποστεῖλαί μοι. ἀξιωθεὶς δὲ καλόχρωμον ἀγόρασόν μοι τὸ μικρὸν ἐρίδιον. πρόσειπέ μοι τὸν ἀδελφὸν Φιλάμμωνα, εἰ παρὰ σοί ἐστι. ὃ ποιεῖς ποίησον. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοις εὐτυχοῦντα. [r,ms] καὶ καταλαμβάνω ὑμᾶς ταχέως ἐπὶ τοῦτο, ὡς γὰρ βαρυκέφαλος ἐφάνης. [v] ἐλυπήθημεν δὲ πάνυ … μὴ δεξάμενοι διὰ τῶν πρὸς ἡμᾶς νυνὶ ἐληλυθότων, Νεστόριον δὲ λέγω καὶ Βησᾶν Σύρου. ὅλην γὰρ τὴν ἡμέραν ἐν ᾗ εἰσεληλύθασιν ἔτι ἠξέφαινεν … θέσεως … ἔρρωσαι κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῶι Παμοῦρι Πεκῦσις

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] To my lord brother Pamouris, Pekysis your brother. Before all I greet you warmly, praying that you are in good health. Your wife greets you, and your son Horos and his little sister. Your brother Horos greets you, and Theognostos and Psais and all our people; and we are all well, by the grace of God. Perhaps you have heard about our son Horos, that he is now performing a liturgy, and surely because of this you did not want to come to us, foreseeing the fulfilment of the liturgy. Come, you; he has no need of you for this. I am surprised how you did not send me even a single fleece (?), knowing that we have nothing else in hand. You sent neither to me nor to your son. For not only is he himself occupied with the service of the liturgy, but I myself do not have leisure for a single hour from such matters. I am astonished at your lack of concern for us. For if you bought the little purple and did not send it only for want of a sack, that is amazing; for you could have bought a linen cloth and put it in it and sent it to me. Please buy me the little wool of good colour. Greet for me brother Philammon, if he is with you. What you are doing, do. I pray for your health for many years, prospering. [recto, margin] And I will join you quickly for this, for you have shown yourself obstinate (?). [verso] We were very grieved […] not having received through those who have now come to us, I mean Nestorios and Besas son of Syros. For the whole day on which they arrived he was still explaining (?) […] […] Farewell. To my lord brother Pamouris, Pekysis.

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Found at Kellis (Oasis Magna)

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