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p.oxy.16.1940 VI - VIIOxyrhynchos
Business Letter via HGV-meta
Letter about ordering eight boukola. A short Byzantine letter from Oxyrhynchus in which the writer tells his distinguished correspondent that he has received his letter and has ordered the eight boukola requested, which he hopes to send or bring in person. He sends greetings to the recipient's mother, to a certain Enoch and to Enoch's children. machine translation
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 37892.
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- Business Letter HGV-meta OxyrhynchosVI - VII
- Letter APIS-papyrus Oxyrhynchus6th or 7th century
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
† τὴν γραφὴν παρὰ τῆς ὑμετέρας περιβλέπτου δεσποτείας ἐδεξάμην,
διʼ ὧν ἐκάλεσεν ἐπὶ μοὶ διὰ τὰ ὀκτὼ βούκολα, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐπέταξα αὐτά,
καὶ ἐλπίζω εἰς τὸν θεὸν ὅτι πέμπω σοι αὐτὰ ἢ μετʼ ἐμοῦ φέρω ἐρχόμενος.
ἐξ ἐμοῦ δὲ τὴν κύραν τὴν μητέραν ὑμῶν καὶ τὸν κύριον Ἐνὼχ καὶ τὰ
γλυκύτατα αὐτοῦ παιδία. †
[v]
† δεσπότῃ ἐμῷ τὰ πάντα περιβλέπτῳ πάσης τιμῆς καὶ προσκυνήσεως ἀξίῳ … μετὰ θεὸν γνησίῳ ἀδελφῷ …ε…[…]
† […]……[…]…θ…. †Translations (1)
[recto]
† I received the letter from your admirable lordship, in which you called upon me concerning the 8 boukola, and see, I have ordered them, and I hope in God that I will send them to you or bring them with me when I come.
On my behalf greet the lady your mother and the lord Enoch and his sweetest children. †
[verso]
† To my master in all things, admirable, worthy of all honour and obeisance, […] after God true brother […]
† […] †
Connections
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Oxyrhynchus
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 37892 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;16;1940 tier-1
- HGV-Text 37892 tier-1
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