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p.oxy.16.1857 VI - VIIOxyrhynchos

Letter from Menas to Theodore via HGV-meta

Letter from Menas to Theodore sending fish for the Feast of Epiphany. A short Byzantine letter from Menas to Theodore, a comes and majordomo (meizoteros), sent with a gift of fish carried by a groom acting as letter-carrier. Menas asks to be told the weight received and wishes Theodore long life and many happy celebrations of the Feast of the Theophany (Epiphany). From Oxyrhynchus, 6th-7th century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] † ἀπέστειλα τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ προστατικῇ μεγαλοπρεπείᾳ διὰ τοῦ γραμματηφόρου ἱπποκόμου σίμαριν ἕν, ἀλάβητας πέντε λιτρῶν ἑβδομήκοντα. παρακαλῶ δὲ αὐτὴν κελεῦσαι γράψαι μοι τὴν ποσότητα τῶν λιτρῶν. ὁ κύριος τῶν …[…]…ιων […]νακ… τὴν ζωὴν ὑμῶν ἐπὶ μήκιστον χρόνον καὶ ἀξιώσῃ ὑμᾶς ἐκτελέσαι τὴν πανήγυριν τῶν ἁγίων θεοφανίων ἐπὶ πολλὰ ἔτη. † [v] † δεσπότῃ ἐμῷ τὰ πάντα λαμπροτάτῳ καὶ πάσης τιμῆς καὶ προσκυνήσεως ἀξίῳ γνησίῳ μετὰ θεὸν ἀδελφῷ Θεοδώρῳ κόμετι μειζοτέρῳ † Μηνᾶς. †

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] † I have sent to your patronal magnificence, by the letter-carrying groom, one simaris (?) and 5 alabes-fish of 70 pounds. I ask that you order someone to write to me the quantity of the pounds. May the Lord of the […] […] your life for a very long time and grant you to celebrate the festival of the holy Theophany for many years. † [verso] † To my master in all things, most illustrious and worthy of all honour and reverence, true brother after God, Theodore, comes and majordomo, † Menas. †

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