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p.kellis.1.75 IVKellis (Oasis Magna)
Private Letter via HGV-meta
Letter of greetings from Elias to his brother Strategios. A short private letter from Elias to his 'brother' Strategios, consisting almost entirely of greetings to Strategios and to others, including the father Bemophanes, two men named Psais, Ploutogenes and Horos. It was written in the 4th century AD at Kellis in the Dakhleh Oasis. machine translation
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 33329.
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- Private Letter HGV-meta Kellis (Oasis Magna)IV
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ
Στρατηγίῳ
Ἠλίας χαίρειν.
προηγουμένως πολλά σου τὴν
φιλαδελφίαν
προσαγορεύω
εὐχόμενός σε
προσκυνεῖν ἐν
τάχει. πολλὰ
προσαγορεύω τὸν κύριόν μου πατέρα
Βημοφάνην
καὶ τὸν τιμιώτατον ἀδελφὸν Ψάιν τὸν
μέγαν καὶ
τὸν ἄλλον
Ψάιν καὶ
Πλουτογένην καὶ
Ὧρα.
ἐρρῶσθαί
σε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς
χρόνοις,
δέσποτα
ἄδελφε .
[v]
κυρίῳ μου
ἀδελφῷ
Στρατηγίῳ ἨλίαςTranslations (1)
[recto]
To my lord brother Strategios, Elias, greetings.
First of all I greet your brotherliness warmly, praying that I may soon greet you in person. I warmly greet my lord father Bemophanes and the most honoured brother Psais the elder and the other Psais and Ploutogenes and […] Horos.
I pray for your health for many years, master brother […].
[verso]
To my lord brother Strategios, Elias.
Connections
Found at
Kellis (Oasis Magna)
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 33329 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.kellis;1;75 tier-1
- HGV-Text 33329 tier-1
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