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p.laur.2.42 IV - VOxyrhynchites
Lettera cristiana via HGV-meta
Christian letter about a dishonest sailor and the mistreatment of Athias. A Christian letter from the Oxyrhynchite nome, AD 4th-5th century. On one side the writer complains that the recipient failed to arrest a drunken sailor who squandered nearly half of a cargo meant for Babylon, and asks for his capture; on the other the writer rebukes someone for mistreating Athias, a Christian laywoman, and passes on news that Theodoros of Teeis has become a speculator. machine translation
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- Lettera cristiana HGV-meta OxyrhynchitesIV - V
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· Greek
Transcription
[v]
θαυμάζω πῶς ἀκούσας ὡς ὅτι τλητης ναύτης ἐν τοῖς μέρεσι
ὑμῶν ἐστιν καὶ ἠμέλησας αὐτὸν συλλαβέσθαι ·
ὑποδεξάμενος γὰρ τὸν γόμον ἀπενεγκεῖν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα
τὸ ἥμισυ σχεδὸν ανήλωσεν. βοήθησον οὖν εἴτε διὰ σοῦ
εἴτε ἀξιώσει τοῖς διαφέρουσιν Μαξίμου ἢ δολίως αὐτὸν
συλλαβέσθαι· διακινεῖ γὰρ ἐν τοῖς μέρεσι ὑμῶν δύνανται
δὲ οἱ ἀπὸ Ταμμουρῶ ἄγροικοι δολίως αὐτὸν συλλαβέσθαι.
μεθυστὴς γάρ ἐστιν καὶ κακῆς προαιρέσεως.
[…]…[…] τὸν κακὸν ναύτην πάντα
[…]λαβέσθαι αὐτὸν ἑπτακόσια διπλᾶ
[…]… εἰς Βαβυλῶνα καὶ τετρακόσια
[… ? lines lost …]
[r]
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πάνυ ἐλυπήθην καὶ λυπούμεθα πάνυ σφόδρα διότι
ἐτόλμησας ποιήσῃς πρᾶγμα τοιοῦτο Ἀθηᾶτι χριστιανὴ οὖσα, διότι
καὶ λαικὴ οὖσα καὶ μηδέποτε εὑρέθη ποιοῦσα πράγματα τοῦ κόσμου.
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γνῶθι ὅτι σπεκουλάτωρα γέγονεν Θεόδωρος ὁ Τηείτης.
ἦλθεν μετὰ Θέωνος τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ μου.
…Translations (1)
[verso]
I am surprised that, having heard that the wretched (?) sailor is in your parts, you neglected to arrest him. For having undertaken to carry the cargo to Babylon, he has squandered almost half of it. Help, therefore, either by yourself or by a request to the agents of Maximus, or arrest him by a ruse; for he moves about in your parts, and the country people from Tammouro are able to arrest him by a ruse. For he is a drunkard and of bad character.
[…] the bad sailor all […]
[…] to take him, 700 double (jars?) […]
[…] to Babylon and 400 […]
[…]
[recto]
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I was very grieved, and we are grieving exceedingly, because you dared to do such a thing to Athias, being a Christian woman, since she is a laywoman and was never found doing worldly things.
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Know that Theodoros of Teeis has become a speculator.
He came with Theon my brother.
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 33500 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.laur;2;42 tier-1
- HGV-Text 33500 tier-1
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