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p.koeln.6.281 VI
Byzantinischer Brief mit Überstellungsbefehl via HGV-meta
Letter from Dioskoros to Theoteknos ordering the guarded transfer of a prisoner. A Byzantine letter from Dioskoros to Theoteknos asking him to send the messenger George with an urgent reply and to dispatch a detained man under close guard, if need be with his feet in a wooden block, so he cannot escape from the boat. Dioskoros complains that an earlier prisoner's flight cost him dearly. machine translation
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- Byzantinischer Brief mit Überstellungsbefehl HGV-meta unbekanntVI
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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† Γεώργιον τὸν σύμμαχον, ὡς καὶ διʼ ἑτέρας ἐπιστολῆς
ἐδήλωσα, πέμψον προσεδρεύσαντα τῷ κυρίῳ Θεοπέμπτῳ,
ὥστε διʼ αὐτοῦ πεμφθῆναι τὴν ταχεῖαν καὶ ἀνανκαίαν
ἀπόκρισιν, ἣν […] τῷ …κ…αρίῳ ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ
πεμφθέντι· ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ ἄλλον τῶν προσεδρευσάντων
τῇ σῇ ποθεινότητι παρακομι[…]…η…τρ…[…]…τονο…τ[…]ν
ἐκεῖ φυλαττόμενον ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ ἄλλοις τρισὶ κωμάρχαις
σοῖς ἵνα φυλαττόμενος ἐπιμελῶς ἔλθῃ· ὑπεσχόμην γὰρ
αὐτὸν ἀναγαγεῖν καὶ ἀπολῦσαι. καὶ ἴσως μὲν κ…δ…ετος τοῦτο
ἀκούων οὐ δραπετεύσει· πλὴν κάλλιον τῆς ἀσφαλείας
γενέσθαι. καὶ διὰ τοῦτο βούλομαι ἢ μετὰ πλήθους αὐτὸν
ἀνελθεῖν ἤγουν ξύλον ἔχοντα ἐν τοῖς ποσίν, ὥστε
μὴ δυνηθῆναι ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου λαθεῖν καὶ διαφυγεῖν.
πάνυ γάρ με ἔβλαψεν καὶ ἐζημίωσεν καὶ ἀπώλεσεν
ἡ τοῦ προτέρου φυγή. ἀλλʼ οὕτω σε ὁ θεὸς ἐλεήσῃ
ἐπιμελῶς πάνυ παράπεμψον αὐτόν, ἵνα μὴ δυνηθῇ
φυγεῖν. †
[v]
† …θεδο…[…]… μου κυρίῳ Θεοτέκνῳ † Διόσκορος.Translations (1)
[recto]
† Send George the symmachos, as I also indicated through another letter, after he has attended on the lord Theopemptos, so that through him may be sent the swift and necessary reply which […] to the […] sent on my behalf. But indeed also another of those who attended on your Longed-for-ness [… convey (?) …] being kept there, and indeed also to three other village headmen of yours, so that he may come carefully guarded; for I promised to bring him up and release him. And perhaps […] hearing this he will not run away; but it is better to be on the safe side. And for this reason I want him to come up either with a crowd or with a wooden block on his feet, so that he cannot slip unnoticed out of the boat and escape. For the flight of the earlier one greatly harmed me, cost me, and ruined me. So, as God may have mercy on you, send him on very carefully, so that he cannot escape. †
[verso]
† […] to my lord Theoteknos † Dioskoros.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 37292 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.koeln;6;281 tier-1
- HGV-Text 37292 tier-1
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