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p.koeln.4.200 spätes IV - frühes VOxyrhynchites (?)

Christlicher Brief via HGV-meta

Christian letter of encouragement to Apphous. Fragment of a Christian letter in Greek, with a Latin farewell and address, in which the writer encourages his 'true child' Apphous to trust in God, quoting the biblical phrase about the angel who rescued him from all evils. It dates to the late 4th or early 5th century AD and probably comes from the Oxyrhynchite nome. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] [… ? lines lost …] α[…]ατερα[…] α[…]ω… ταύταις ταῖς φωναῖς ἐχρήσατο ὁ ἄγγελος τοῦ θεοῦ μου ὁ ῥυσάμενός με ἐκ πάντων τῶν κακῶν μου. διό, γνήσιε τέκνον μου Ἀπφοῦς, θάρσει κυρίῳ θεῷ τῷ ῥύσαντί σε τότε ἀπὸ βρέφους καὶ νῦν πάλιν. ὁ παντοδύναμος θεὸς φυλάξαι σε. vale apud deum [v] redde servo dei tempore Apphuti

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] [...] [...] [...] [...] with these words the angel of my God spoke, he who rescued me from all my evils. Therefore, my true child Apphous, take courage in the Lord God, who rescued you then from infancy and now again. May the almighty God protect [you.] Farewell in God. [verso] Deliver to the servant of God, in [good time (?), to Apphous].

Connections

Found at Oxyrhynchites

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