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Letter of Boethos asking for prayers and offering to buy olives. A fragmentary Christian private letter from Boethos son of Achilleion, who explains he had to travel down to Pangas, asks his family to pray for a safe journey, sends greetings to relatives and offers to buy old jars of olives at 3 talents each. It dates to the early 4th century AD and comes from the Oxyrhynchite nome. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] [… ? lines lost …] δ…[…] ἐδέησεν ἐμὲ κατελθεῖν εἰς Παγγᾶ, ἵνʼ οὕτως θεοῦ θέλοντος τάχα τι πρατέον γένηται. μάλιστα μὲν δεήσει καὶ ὑμᾶς εὔχεσθαι περὶ ἡμῶν, ἵνʼ οὕτως ἐπακούσῃ ὁ θεὸς τῶν εὐχῶν ὑμῶν καὶ γένηται ἡμῖν ὁδὸς εὐθεῖα. ἀσπάζω τοὺς γλυκυτάτους μου ἀδελφούς, Διονυσοδώραν καὶ τὸν δοῦλον αὐτῆς Ἀχιλλέα. ἀσπάζομαι τὴν ἀδελφήν μου Μακαρείαν καὶ Ῥωμάναν καὶ τοὺς ἡμῶν πάντας κατʼ ὄνομα. καί, ἂν θέλῃς, ἀγοράσω ἐλαίας κνίδια παλαιά, ξϛ τοῦ κνιδίου ταλάντων γ. εἰ λήμψομαι[…]μαιν γράψον μοι. ἐρρῶσθαι ὑμᾶς εὔχομαι. [v] […] παρὰ Βοήθου Ἀχειλλείωνος […] Θὼθ κη.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] [… lines lost …] […] it was necessary for me to go down to Pangas, so that in this way, God willing, perhaps something may be achieved (?). Above all you too must pray for us, so that in this way God may hear your prayers and a straight road may be granted us. I greet my sweetest brothers, Dionysodora and her slave Achilles. I greet my sister Makareia and Romana and all our people by name. And, if you wish, I will buy old jars of olives (?), 66, at 3 talents the jar. If I am to take […], write to me. I pray for your health. [verso] […] from Boethos son of Achilleion […] Thoth 28.

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Found at Oxyrhynchites

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