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p.neph.19 IVNeson Kome (Herakleopolites)
Dorfgemeinde von Nesoi an Paulos via HGV-meta
Letter from the village community of Nesoi to father Paulos. A letter from the village community of Nesoi in the Herakleopolite nome to a 'father' Paulos, probably a monastic leader, begging him not to lodge an official complaint, which would bring ruin on the whole village. They ask him instead to come to them and promise to do whatever he orders, even to kill the offenders themselves. AD 4th century. machine translation
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TM 33570.
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- Dorfgemeinde von Nesoi an Paulos HGV-meta Neson Kome (Herakleopolites)IV
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
τῷ κυρίῳ μου τιμιωτάτῳ πατρὶ
Παύλῳ τὸ κοινὸν τῶν ἀπὸ κώμης
Νήσων.
παρακαλοῦμέν σε, δέσποτα πάτερ,
μὴ θελήσῃς ἐντυχεῖν διὰ τὸν
θεὸν καὶ διὰ ὅλην τὴν κώμην,
ἵνα μὴ οὗτοι ἡμᾶς πάντας ἐρημώσωσιν, ἀλλὰ καταξίωσον οὖν
ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ἡμᾶς καὶ εἴ τι θέλεις
κέλευσον καὶ γίγνεται. καὶ ἐὰν
θελήσῃς ἀποκτεῖναι αὐτούς,
ἡμεῖς ἀφʼ ἑαυτῶν ποιοῦμεν,
ἐπεὶ ἐρημώνουσιν οὗτοι
ὅλην τὴν κώμην. ἀλλὰ παρακαλοῦμεν, ὅλον τὸ κοινὸν τῆς
κώμης, μηδὲν κινήσῃς. ἀπάντησον πρὸς ἡμᾶς καὶ ὃ θέλεις
ποιοῦμεν. ἐρρῶσθαι ὑμᾶς εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοις.Translations (1)
To my lord, most honoured father Paulos, the community of the people from the village of Nesoi.
We beg you, lord father, do not wish to petition, for God's sake and for the sake of the whole village, so that these men may not ruin us all; but deign therefore to come to us, and whatever you want, give the order and it is done. And if you wish to kill them, we will do it ourselves, since these men are ruining the whole village. But we beg you, the whole community of the village, do not set anything in motion. Come to meet us and we will do what you want.
I pray for your health for many years.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 33570 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.neph;;19 tier-1
- HGV-Text 33570 tier-1
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