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p.monts.roca.4.95

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[r] κυρίωι ποθεινοτάτῳ ἀδελφῶι Διοσκόρωι Ἀνδρέας καὶ Ἡρακλείδης χαίρειν. τὸν περὶ τὸ καλ…[…]…μον τῆς σῆς ἐρασμίου διαθέσεως εἰδότες καὶ εὖ ἐπιστάμενοι μελεῖν σοι τῆς κατὰ τὴν δικαιοσύνην κατορθώσεως […]…ομεν ἐκ τῶν κατὰ τὰ Συρίας ἐκκλησιῶν· λοιπὸν ἠναγκασμένοι σὺν τῇ τοῦ πανευφήμου πατρὸς ἡμῶν καὶ διδασκάλου Καλλιοπίου εὐκερδίᾳ καὶ σὺν θεῷ φάναι καὶ τὴν […] σπευσόμεθα μετ’ οὐ πολὺ ποσὶν εἰρηνικοῖς […]ις ἐπὶ τοῖς τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἀναγνωρισμοῖς λαβόντες καὶ τὰς παρὰ τοῦ Κρείττονος δωρεὰς ἀσμένως. τυχὼν γὰρ τῆς δικαιοσύνης καὶ αὐτὸς φρόντισον ἵνα σὺ εἰκότως ἂν τοῦτο ποιήσειας προσε[…]…[…] [… ? lines lost …] [v] κυρίῳ ποθεινοτάτῳ ἀδελφῷ Διοσκόρῳ

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EN scholarly · S. Torallas Tovar – K.A. Worp, P.Monts.Roca 4 95
To (their) dearest brother Dioskoros, Andreas and Herakleides (send) greetings. Knowing the … of your loving disposition concerning the … and well aware that the correction in fairness is a matter of care to you, we [verb] from the churches distributed over the (various parts) of Syria. Furthermore, as we have been forced (to this) with the profit/gain of the wholly blessed father and teacher Kalliopios and with God so to speak, we shall really hasten to make the [journey to you?] with the remaining peaceful (i.e. Christian?) people, gladly receiving in the recognition of justice the gifts of the Almighty. For in the possession of justice you by yourself, too, must think that you can do this reasonably--- To (their) dearest brother Dioskoros.

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