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p.lond.6.1925 Mitte IV

Letter from Pianios to the anchorite Apa Papnoutios asking for prayers. A Christian letter from Pianios to the anchorite Apa Papnoutios, taking the chance of a traveller to greet him, asking for his prayers to be delivered from his sins and the troubles pressing on him, and sending greetings to the brothers with him. It dates to the mid-4th century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] τῷ ποθεινοτάτῳ ἐπιστήμης ὑπερβάλλοντι ἄπα Παπνουτίῳ Πιάνιος ἐν κυρίῳ θεῷ χαίρειν. εὐκαιρηθεὶς τοῦ συντείνοντος πρὸς τὴν θεοσέβειάν σου ἀναγκαῖον ἡγησάμην προσαγορεῦσαι τὴν εὐλάβειάν σου διὰ γραμμάτων, εὐχόμενος τῷ Χριστῷ καὶ αὐταῖς ὄψεσίν σε περιπτύξασθαί καταξιωθῆναί με· ἔτι γὰρ τῷ πνεύματί σε εστ[…]ειπ[…], καθʼ ἑκάστην δὲ προσαγ[…]…[…]…[…]σκω παρακαλῶ δὲ τὴν ἁγιότητά σου ἵνα καταξιώσῃς εὔξασθαι ὑπὲρ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν μου ἵνα ὁ θεὸς ῥυσηταί με ἐκ τῶν[…]καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἀναγκῶν τῶν ἐπικειμένων μοι. πρόσειπε τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς παρʼ ἡμῶν[…]ων πρόσειπε παρʼ ἐμοῦ ὑπὲρ […] τοῦ θρεπτοῦ Ἀθανασίου Εὐ[…]ωσον· καὶ αὐτὸς γὰρ τῶν ἀγαπώντων τὴν θεοσέβειάν σου τυγχάνει. ἐγὼ Ἀθανάσιον προσαγορεύω τὸν κύριόν μου καὶ Εὐσέβιον καὶ Ἁρηοῦν καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς τοὺς ὄντας παρὰ τῇ ἁγιότητί σου. προσσερ…[…]… ὑμᾶς καὶ ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ Δωρόθεος. ἐρρῶσθαί σε ἐν κυρίῳ πολλοῖς εὔχομαι χρόνοις, κύριέ μου ποθείνοτατε. [v] τῷ ἀγαπητῷ ἀδελφῷ μου Παπνουτίῳ ἀναχωρητῇ […] μονῆς μοναχῶν.

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EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] To the most longed-for, surpassing in knowledge, Apa Papnoutios, Pianios, greeting in the Lord God. Having found someone travelling to your piety, I thought it necessary to greet your reverence by letter, praying to Christ that I may be deemed worthy to embrace you also in person; for still in the spirit I […] you […], and each day […] I greet (?) […]. I beseech your holiness to deign to pray for my sins, that God may deliver me from the […] and from the constraints that press upon me. Greet the brothers from us […]; greet from me […] the foster-child (?) Athanasios […]; for he too is one of those who love your piety. I, Athanasios, greet my lord and Eusebios and Hareous and all the brothers who are with your holiness. […] greets (?) you, and also his brother Dorotheos. I pray that you are well in the Lord for many years, my most longed-for lord. [verso] To my beloved brother Papnoutios, anchorite […] of the monastery of monks.

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