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p.oxy.16.1860 VI - VIIOxyrhynchos

Letter from Menas to George via HGV-meta

Letter from Menas, defensor of Kynopolis, to George the chartularius about allowances. A letter from Menas, defensor (civic advocate) of Kynopolis, to George, a comes, chartularius and estate administrator. After an elaborate greeting, Menas asks George to have the customary food allowances due to the defensor paid to Basileios the tabularius, so that some could be forwarded to him. It dates to the 6th or 7th century AD and comes from Oxyrhynchus. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] † † ἐν μὲν προοιμίοις τῆς ἐπιστολῆς πλεῖστα προσκυνῶ καὶ ἀσπάζομαι τὴν ὑμετέραν περίβλεπτον ἀδελφότητα, εὐχόμενος εἰς τὸν δεσπότην θεὸν διαφυλάξαι αὐτὴν καὶ εὐπρακτεῖν, καὶ ἀξιωθῶ αὐτοπροσώπως προσκυνῆσαι αὐτὴν ἐνθάδε. οἶδεν γὰρ ὁ δεσπότης θεὸς πῶς εὐχαριστῶ καὶ εὔχομαι αὐτῇ, καὶ τὸ πῶς προσέτι υ…[…]τρω τὸ ὅσιον καὶ καλὸν ὄνομα εἰς μέσον συντυχίας τὰς εὐχαριτ[…] αὐτῆς λέγω τῷ κοινῷ δεσπότῃ τῷ ἐνδοξοτάτῳ ἰλλουστρίῳ καὶ ἀντιγεούχῳ κον…σε[…] τῆς εὑρισκομένης ἐπὶ τῷ αὐτῷ λοιπ…[…]νε…λει ἡ ἀγαθὴ ὑμῶν φιλονεικίᾳ γνωρίσαι αὐτὴν τὸ περὶ τῆς ἀληθείας, τοῦτο ῥᾶον … καὶ ὁ δεσπότης θεὸς ἐπίσταται, δέσποτα. παρακαλῶ δὲ αὐτὴν τὴν συνκηστ…κ…χ[…]ησιν ἐνδείξασθαι εἰς ἐμὲ καὶ παρασκευάσαι τὰ ἐκ συνηθείας σικίτια τῷ κατὰ καιρὸν ἐκδίκῳ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος δοθῆναι Βασιλείῳ τῷ ταβουλαρίῳ, ἵνα καὶ ἂν ὀλίγα ἐξ αὐτῶν πέμψῃ μοι ἐνταῦθα, καὶ συνήθως εὐχαριστήσω τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ περιβλέπτῳ ἀδελφότητι. σύγγνωθι δέ, δέσποτα, ἐπειδὴ ὁ δοῦλός σου ὁ ἐμὸς υἱὸς ἔγραψε τὴν παροῦσαν ἐπιστολὴν ταύτην. ταῦτα γράψας πλεῖστα προσκυνῶ καὶ ἀσπάζομαι τὴν ὑμετέραν περίβλεπτον ἀδελφότητα ἄχρι θέας. † [v] †δεσπότῃ ἐμῷ τὰ πάντα περιβλέπτῳ πάσης τιμῆς καὶ προσκυνήσεως ἀξίῳ γνησίῳ φίλῳ καὶ ἀδελφῷ Γεωργίῳ κόμετι χαρτουλαρίῳ καὶ διοικητῇ † Μηνᾶς σὺν θεῷ † ἔκδικος Κυνοπολίτου.[…]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] † † At the opening of my letter I make very many obeisances and greet your admirable brotherliness, praying to the Lord God to preserve it and grant it prosperity, and that I may be deemed worthy to do obeisance to it in person here. For the Lord God knows how I give thanks and pray for it, and how moreover […] the holy and good name in the midst of meetings, the graces (?) […] of it I speak to our common master, the most glorious illustris and antigeouchos […] of the remainder (?) found with him […] your good zeal (?) to make known to it the matter concerning the truth; this is easier […] and the Lord God knows it, master. I beg it to show towards me the […] and to prepare the customary allowances of food for the defensor for the time being, and for the present to have them given to Basileios the tabularius, so that he may send me here even a few of them, and I shall as usual give thanks to your admirable brotherliness. Forgive me, master, since your servant, my son, wrote this present letter. Having written this, I make very many obeisances and greet your admirable brotherliness until I see you. † [verso] † To my master in all things, admirable, worthy of all honour and obeisance, true friend and brother, George, comes, chartularius and administrator, † Menas with God, † defensor of Kynopolis […]

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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