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p.meyer.24 VI
Brief an einen hohen Geistlichen via HGV-meta
Letter to a high-ranking cleric excusing a delayed visit. A short letter of the 6th century AD to a senior cleric, explaining that the writer could not come to receive his blessing because the master of the house fell ill during the night and grew worse that day. He asks for the cleric's prayers and promises to arrive by nightfall with the cleric's son, a lawyer, on pressing business. machine translation
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TM 37126.
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Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
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· Greek
Transcription
παρὰ
πάνυ προῃρημένος ἐλθεῖν καὶ διὰ πολλοῦ χρόνου τῶν εὐχῶν τῆς σῆς ἁγιωσύνης
ἀξιωθῆναι κεκώλυμαι ὑπὸ ἀηδείας τοῦ οἰκοδεσπότου ἀρξαμένης μὲν ἀπὸ τῆς
νυκτὸς ἐπιταθείσης δὲ σήμερον. καταξιώσῃ οὖν ἡ σὴ θεοσέβεια εὔξασθαι ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ,
καὶ σὺν θεῷ ὑπὸ νύκτα μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ σου τοῦ σχολαστικοῦ καταλαμβάνω πολλῶν
καὶ ἀναγκαίων χάριν.Translations (1)
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Having fully intended to come and, after a long time, to be deemed worthy of the prayers of your holiness, I have been prevented by an indisposition (?) of the master of the house, which began in the night and has grown worse today. May your piety therefore deign to pray for me, and with God's help I shall arrive towards nightfall with your son the scholastikos, for many necessary reasons.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 37126 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.meyer;;24 tier-1
- HGV-Text 37126 tier-1
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