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Letter from Antonios to his spiritual son Ammon. Opening of a Christian letter from Antonios to Ammon, whom he calls his 'ever-remembered son', praising his piety and thanking God for the chance to write. The rest of the letter is lost; it dates to the 4th century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] τῷ ἀειμνήστῳ υἱῷ Ἄμμωνι Ἀντώνιος ἐν κυρίῳ χαίρειν. χάρις τῷ πάντων δεσπότῃ παρασχόντι ἡμῖν καιρὸν ἐπιτήδειον προσειπεῖν τὴν ἀναμίλλητόν σου θεοσέβειαν, ἀγαπητὲ υἱέ, ὡς γὰρ ἀληθῶς μνήμην ἀδιάλειπτόν σου ποιοῦμαι καὶ ἀπόντος. γὰρ τίς τῶν ἀνθρώπων οὐκ ἂν θελήσειεν προσομιλεῖν σοι οὗ τὴν θεοσέβειαν δὴ καὶ διὰ χαραγμάτων εὔχομαι [… ? lines lost …] [v] τῳ ἀειμνήστῳ υἱῷ Ἄμμωνι

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] To my ever-remembered son Ammon, Antonios, greeting in the Lord. Thanks be to the Master of all, who has granted us a fitting occasion to address your unrivalled piety, beloved son; for truly I make unceasing remembrance of you even when you are absent. For who among men would not wish to converse with you, whose piety indeed I pray (?) also through letters […] […] [verso] To my ever-remembered son Ammon […]

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