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p.oxy.1.123 III - IVOxyrhynchos
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Letter from Ischyrion to his son Dionysotheon about attending in official dress. A letter from Ischyrion, a tabularius (official record-keeper), to his son Dionysotheon at Oxyrhynchus, complaining that he has had no letters and asking him to have Theodoros urge Timotheos to come ready to attend an official session wearing the required cloak, since officials from other cities have already arrived. It dates to the 3rd or 4th century AD. machine translation
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Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
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Transcription
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κυρίῳ μου υἱῷ Διονυσοθέωνι
ὁ πατὴρ χαίρειν.
εὐκαιρία τις καὶ νῦν τοῦ ἀνερχομένου πρὸς ὑμᾶς.
ἀναγκαῖόν μοι ἐγένετο προσαγορεῦσαι ὑμᾶς.
πάνυ θαυμάζω, υἱέ μου, μέχρις σήμερον γράμματά σου οὐκ ἔλαβον τὰ δηλοῦντά μοι τὰ περὶ τῆς
ὁλοκληρίας ὑμῶν. καὶ ἂν ὥς, δέσποτά μου, ἀντίγραψόν μοι ἐν τάχει· πάνυ γὰρ θλίβομαι διότι
οὐκ ἐδεξάμην σου γράμματα. γενοῦ πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν
μου Θεόδωρον καὶ ποίησον αὐτὸν σκυλῆναι
πρὸς Τιμόθεον καὶ μεταδοῦναι αὐτῷ τὸ ἑτοῖμον
αὐτοῦ ποιῆσαι ἵνα εἰσβῇ προσεδρεῦσαι. ἤδη γὰρ
οἱ τῶν ἄλλων πόλεων συνείδησιν εἰσήνεγκαν
τοῖς κολλήγαις αὐτῶν, εἰσήλθαν. εἰσβαίνων οὖν
μετὰ τῆς ἐσθῆτος γνώτω ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἵνα ἑτοῖμος εἰσβῇ. μὴ οὖν θελήσουσιν ἀσυνειδήτως
ἡμᾶς φέρειν πρὸς ἀλλήλους ὡς εἰδότας ὅτι τὸ αὐτὸ ἡμᾶς πάντας καταλαμβάνει. ἐκελεύσθημεν γὰρ
μετὰ τῶν χλαμύδων εἰσβῆναι, ὅθεν ὁ ἐρχόμενος
ἑτοῖμος ἐλθέτω ὡς προσεδρεῦσαι μέλλων.
ἀσπάζομαι τὴν γλυκυτάτην μου θυγατέρα Μακαρίαν
καὶ τὴν δεσποίναν μου μητέρα ὑμῶν καὶ ὅλους
τοὺς ἡμῶν κατʼ ὄνομα. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς
χρόνοις, κύριε υἱέ.
Ἐπεὶφ κβ.
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κυρίῳ μου υἱῷ Διονυσοθέωνι Ἰσχυρίων ταβουλάριος.Translations (1)
[recto]
To my lord son Dionysotheon, your father, greetings.
There is once again an opportunity, through someone going up to you; it became necessary for me to greet you. I am very surprised, my son, that up to today I have not received letters from you informing me about your well-being. Even so, my lord, write back to me quickly; for I am very distressed because I have not received letters from you. Go to my brother Theodoros and make him trouble himself to go to Timotheos and tell him to get ready so that he may go in to attend. For already those from the other cities have brought a statement of attendance (?) to their colleagues and have gone in. So let the one who is coming know that he is to go in with the proper dress, so that he may go in ready. Let them not wish to bring us into conflict with one another unknowingly, since they know that the same thing applies to all of us. For we were ordered to go in with our cloaks, so let the one who is coming come ready, as one about to attend.
I greet my sweetest daughter Makaria and my lady your mother and all our people by name. I pray for your health for many years, lord son.
Epeiph 22.
[verso]
To my lord son Dionysotheon, Ischyrion, tabularius.
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Oxyrhynchus
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 31349 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;1;123 tier-1
- HGV-Text 31349 tier-1
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