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Letter from Patese to Abaras via HGV-meta
Letter from Patese to Abaras about shearing wool and collecting money. A Christian private letter of the 4th century AD from Patese to his 'brother' Abaras, asking him to shear five fleeces and keep the wool unsold, collect a goat and a sheep from the shepherd, and recover money owed for a donkey and other debts. Patese says he cannot come in person because of disturbances caused by recruits. machine translation
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TM 32408.
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- Letter from Patese to Abaras HGV-meta unbekanntIV
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
τῷ κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Ἀβαρᾶτι Πατέσε ἐν Κυρίου
χαίρειν
προηγουμένως προσαγορεύω σε. σπούδασον
κεῖραι τὰ πέντε ποκάρια ἐριδίων καὶ ἄφες
παρὰ σοὶ ἕως ἂν καταλάβω σε. σπούδασον μὴ
πωλῆσαι ἀπʼ αὐτῶν ἕως
ἂν καταλάβω σε, ἐπειδήπερ οὐ δύναμαι ἐλθεῖν
νυνὶ διὰ τὴν ταραχὴν
τῶν τειρώνων. σπούδασον λαβεῖν τὸ αἰγίδιον
καὶ τὸ προβάτιον ἀπὸ τοῦ
ποιμένος ἡνίκα ἂν κείρῃς τὰ ἕτερα, καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον λαβεῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἰωάνου περὶ τοῦ ὄνου ὃν
πέπρακα Πεκυσίῳ, καὶ
λαβεῖν ἀπὸ Παφὼβ τὸ ἀργύριον, τοῦτʼ ἔστιν παρὰ
[…], καὶ λάβε ἀπὸ τοῦ
[…]…[…]ου τὰ Μακαρίου
[…]ἐρρῶσθαὶ σε εὔχομαι
πολλοῖς χρόνοις.Translations (1)
To my lord brother Abaras, Patese, in the Lord, greetings.
Before all else I greet you. Make sure to shear the five fleeces of wool and keep them with you until I reach you. Make sure not to sell any of them until I reach you, since I cannot come now because of the disturbance of the recruits. Make sure to take the little goat and the little sheep from the shepherd when you shear the others, and to take the money from Ioannes for the donkey which I sold to Pekysios, and to take the money from Paphob, that is from […], and take from […] the things of Makarios […].
I pray for your health for many years.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 32408 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.nag.hamm;;66 tier-1
- HGV-Text 32408 tier-1
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