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p.oxy.43.3150 VIOxyrhynchos

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Letter to a mother about leaving the monastery of Apa Sarous. A private letter of the 6th century AD from Oxyrhynchus, written by a man to his mother and his pious sisters Theotima and Tarilla. He explains that he has left the monastery of Apa Sarous because he is being employed writing letters as a notary for the count at the praetorium, asks them not to worry and to pray for him, and gives some instructions about his clothing. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

πρὸ μὲν πάντων πολλὰ προσαγορεύω τὴν σὴν μητρικὴν διάθεσιν καὶ τὰς εὐλαβεστάτας μου ἀδελφὰς Θεοτίμαν καὶ Ταρίλλαν. επεις… …… ὅτι ὠλιγώρησας διʼ ἐμὲ ὅτι ἐξῆλθον ἐκ τοῦ μοναστηρίου Ἄπα Σαρους. ὠλιγώρησα οὖν. πέμπουσίν με εἰς τὸ πραιτώριον καθάπαξ πρὸς τὸν κόμιτα καὶ καθʼ ὥραν γράφω ἐπιστολὴν ἐν τάξει νοταρίων. διὰ τοῦτο ἀπέστην ἐκ τῶν οἴκει, ἕως οὗ ἂν συντάσσωσίν με ὅτι οὐκέτι ἀναγκάζουσίν σε καὶ ἤνεγκόν με πάλιν εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν τόπον. μὴ οὖν ὀλιγωρήσατε διʼ ἐμὲ ὅλως, ἀλλὰ μνημονεύσατέ με ἐν τῇ εὐχῇ ὑμῶν. δὸς οὖν τὸ μοζίκιον μου αὐτῷ. ποίησον καὶ τὸ καταπέτασμα καὶ τὴν στολήν μου.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Before all else I greet warmly your motherly disposition and my most pious sisters Theotima and Tarilla. […] that you were distressed on my account because I left the monastery of Apa Sarous. So I was distressed too. They are sending me to the praetorium once and for all, to the count, and every hour I write letters in the rank of the notaries. For this reason I have been away from those at home, until they arrange for me that they no longer compel you (?), and they brought me back again to the same place. So do not be distressed on my account at all, but remember me in your prayer. Give my mozikion to him. Make also the curtain and my robe.

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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