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Paulos an Nepheros via HGV-meta
Letter from Paulos to Nepheros about oil, wheat and his enemies. A 4th-century letter from Paulos, probably written in Alexandria, to the priest-monk Nepheros. Paulos reports sending 10 xestai of oil, asks Nepheros to press Paphnoutis into handing over 3 artabas of wheat for flour and bread, and to admonish two men he calls his enemies; a marginal note asks about 2 gold solidi sent through the monk Hor. machine translation
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Transcription
[r,ctr]
τῷ εὐλαβεστάτῳ πατρὶ ἡμῶν
Νεφερῷ Παῦλος.
διὰ τοῦ κυρίου μου ἀδελφοῦ Θεοδοσίου
ἐλαίου ξέστας δέκα τῇ ἀσυνκρίτῳ
σου θεοσεβείᾳ ἀπέστειλα, διὰ δὲ τὸ
σπάνιον εἶναι ἐπιτήδειον ἀγγεῖον εὑρεθῆναι μέχρι σήμερον οὐκ ἀπεστάλκειμεν. θεοῦ δὲ ἐπινεύοντος ὅτε ἐνπίπτει ἡμῖν ἐπιτήδειον, χάριν ὁμολογοῦντες μνημονεύομεν τῆς σῆς
φιλανθρωπίας. παρακαλῶ δέ, κύριε
πάτερ, δυσώπησον Παφνοῦτιν Οὑρείωνος τὸν ἀγνώμονα καὶ ἐὰν νῦν
ἡμῖν ἀρτάβας τρεῖς σίτου δοῦναι, καὶ ὁ
πατὴρ ἡμῶν Πρῶτος ποιήσει ἡμῖν
δεκαπέντε μέτρα σεμιδάλεως καὶ
δεκαπέντε ψωμία καὶ ἀποστείλῃ ἡμῖν αὐτά. μετακαλεσάμενος
δὲ τοὺς ἐχθρούς μου Ἐλουρίωνα καὶ
Παφνοῦτιν τοὺς ἀεὶ τὰ ἐμὰ ἔχοντας
κακῶς, συμβούλευσον αὐτοῖς μετὰ λόγου
τῶν ἐμῶν α…[…]……[…]
προσαγόρευε δ[…]
[… ? lines lost …]
[r,ms]
εἰ ἐδέξω παρὰ Ὧρ τοῦ μοναχοῦ τοῦ ἐν Ἀγκυρῶνει συνγενοῦς Εὐδαίμονος Ἀβασκάντου ὁλοκοττίνους δύο […]
ἀπὸ Κολλούθου μετασχεῖν […]
[v]
τῷ κυρίῳ μου ἀγαπητῷ πατρὶ Νεφερῷ ας…[…]
Παῦλος.Translations (1)
[recto, centre]
To our most pious father Nepheros, Paulos.
Through my lord brother Theodosios I have sent 10 xestai of oil to your incomparable piety; but because a suitable vessel is scarce to find, we had not sent it until today. God willing, when something suitable comes our way, giving thanks we remember your kindness. I ask you, lord father, shame Paphnoutis son of Oureion, the ungrateful one, into giving us 3 artabas of wheat even now, and our father Protos will make us 15 measures of fine flour and 15 loaves and send them to us. And summoning my enemies Elourion and Paphnoutis, who always treat my affairs badly, advise them with reason about my […]
Greet […]
[…]
[recto, margin]
Whether you received from Hor the monk in Ankyron, kinsman of Eudaimon son of Abaskantos, 2 solidi […] from Kollouthos to share […]
[verso]
To my lord beloved father Nepheros […] Paulos.
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