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Paulos an Nepheros via HGV-meta

Letter from Paulos to his father Nepheros about sending oil. Letter from Paulos to the priest-monk Nepheros, his spiritual father, thanking him for his blessing and promising to send him oil as soon as he obtains some. Paulos mentions sending something via the monk Horion of the monastery of Ankyron; the letter dates to the 4th century AD and is attributed to Alexandria. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] τῷ τιμιωτάτῳ πατρὶ ἡμῶν ἀγαπητῷ Νεφερῷ Παῦλος. μνημονεύω τῆς εὐλογίας, ἧς ἔχομεν παρὰ τῆς σῆς εὐλαβείας, κύριε πάτερ. ἀληθῶς δὲ οὐδὲ ἑαυτοῖς ἐλάδιον οὐδέπω ἐκομισάμεθα· ὅτε δὲ σὺν θεῷ λαμβάνω περὶ γὰρ ταύτας τὰς ἡμέρας φροντίζω τῶν παιδίων προνοήσασθαι, ἀφʼ οὗ λαμβάνω, μετὰ χαρᾶς πολλῆς ἀποστέλλω σοι. τοῦτο γὰρ ἡμῶν ἐφόδιον ψυχῆς καὶ τῆς μελλούσης ἐλπίδος ἐστίν. ἀπέστειλα δὲ διὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ ἡμῶν Ὡρίωνος τοῦ μοναχοῦ μονῆς Ἀνκυρῶνος […]…[…]…[…]…[…]η Ταῆσε τῇ ἀπὸ […]… [… ? lines lost …] [v] τῷ τιμιωτάτῳ πατρὶ ἡμῶν Νεφερῷ Παῦλος

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] To our most honoured and beloved father Nepheros, Paulos. I remember the blessing which we have from your piety, lord father. Truly, we have not yet obtained even a little oil for ourselves; but when, with God, I receive it (for around these days I am concerned to provide for the children), from what I receive I will send to you with much joy. For this is our provision for the journey of the soul and of the hope to come. I have sent through our brother Horion, the monk of the monastery of Ankyron, […] to Taēse from […] […] [… lines lost …] [verso] To our most honoured father [Nepheros], [Paulos].

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Found at Alexandria

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