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p.monts.roca.4.94 Ende III - IVOxyrhynchos (?)
Private letter mentioning a hieroglyph carver via HGV-meta
Letter to the priest Sipharos mentioning Thonis the hieroglyph carver. A private letter addressed to Sipharos, a priest, whom the writer calls master and father, expressing relief that a matter was settled quickly and mentioning Thonis the hieroglyph carver in the middle of the dromos (temple processional way). It ends with greetings and was probably written at Oxyrhynchus in the late 3rd or 4th century AD. machine translation
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TM 219260.
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- Private letter mentioning a hieroglyph carver HGV-meta Oxyrhynchos (?)Ende III - IV
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
τῷ τῆς ψυχῆς μου δεσπότῃ καὶ κυρίῳ Σιφάρῳ […] χαίρειν
πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν μοι, πάτερ, […]
[…]αστος […]…β…[…]…μιν πρᾶγμα καθότι ἡμι[…]
εἰσηκούσαμεν ὅτι ἐξεπλέξατε ἐν τάχει […] ἵνα τὸ
ἀμερίμνον σχῶμεν. ὡς νεανίσκος δὲ οφιλ…[…]
μόνον μνημονεύετε τοὺς ἀνθρωποὺς γινομένους […]νισσου. Θῶνις ὁ ἱερόγλυφος μέσον τοῦ δρόμου πο[…]ελες καὶ τὰ ἀκόλουθα πάντα. ἀλλὰ χάριτα ἐχ[…]εις· θαρρῶν ἐστάθην καὶ μέχρι νῦν διεσώθην […]μοντα ἐν τούτῳ τῷ πράγματι. ἀσπάζεται σε […] καὶ οἱ παρ’ ἡμῶν πάντες. ἀσπάζου τὸν πατέρα ἡμῶν […] καὶ […]
καὶ τοὺς φίλους ἡμῶν. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι καὶ εὐκαι ρεῖν, περίψημά μου […]
[v]
ἀπόδος Σιφάρῳ
ἱερεῖ.Translations (1)
[recto]
To the master of my soul and lord, Sipharos, […] greetings.
Before all else I pray that you are in good health for me, father, […]
[…] […] matter, since […]
we heard that you completed (the business) quickly […] so that we might be free of worry. As a young man […] ought (?) […]
only remember the men who were […] of […]nissos. Thonis the hieroglyph carver in the middle of the dromos […] and all the things that follow. But […] thanks […]; taking courage I stood firm and until now I have come through safely […] in this matter. […] greets you, and all those with us. Greet our father […] and […] and our friends. I pray that you are well and prosper, my devoted servant (?) […]
[verso]
Deliver to Sipharos, priest.
Connections
Found at
Oxyrhynchus
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 219260 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.monts.roca;4;94 tier-1
- HGV-Text 219260 tier-1
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