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p.oxy.55.3820 ca. 340 (?)Oxyrhynchos

Dioscorus to his Mother and Sarmates via HGV-meta

Letter from Dioskoros to his mother and brother Sarmates about legal affairs. A letter from Dioskoros to his mother and his brother Sarmates, sent with Paianios, reporting on legal business: the affair of Eulogios has been settled, he lodged an imperial rescript about the property of Philagrios, and after being held by the office of the magister he was released through the intervention of a eunuch. It was found at Oxyrhynchus and dates to about AD 340. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] τῇ δεσποίνῃ μου μητρὶ καὶ κυρίῳ ἀδελφῷ Σαρμάτῃ Διόσκορος χαίρειν. εὐπορηθεὶς τοῦ κυρίου μου ἀδελφοῦ Παιανίου ἀπερχομένου ἔσπευσα προσειπεῖν ὑμῶν τὴν διάθεσιν, ἔπειτα δηλῶσαί σοι περὶ τοῦ πράγματος τοῦ κυρίου μου ἀδελφοῦ Εὐλογίου ὅτι ἀπετέθη καὶ ἤδη ἀπαντῶμεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς. καὶ τὴν θείαν ἀντιγραφὴν παρεθέμην τὴν περὶ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων τῷ κυρίῳ μου Φιλαγρίῳ καὶ ὑπομνήματα συνεστάθη. καὶ μετὰ τὸ ἐκβῆναι τὸν ἀδελφόν μου Σερῆνον ἤμην παραδοθεὶς τῇ τάξει τοῦ μαγίστρου καὶ μετὰ δύο ἡμέρας Εὐσεβίου ἐλθόντος ἐπεὶ ἦν ἀπελθὼν καταστῆσαι τὸν δοῦκα εἰς Ταπόσιριν εἰσήχθημεν καὶ ὁ εὐνοῦχος ἀπέστειλεν πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ ἀνεῖκέν με καὶ δεύτερα ὑπομνήματα ἔπραξεν καὶ τελείως ἀνεῖκεν αὐτούς. […]… παραπεμφθῆναι τοὺς περὶ Ἑρμίαν καὶ Διδυ[…]… ὑμᾶς καταλαμβάνω. ἐὰν ἀκούσητε […]…[…]μὴ πιστεύσητε. ἐρρῶσθαι ὑμᾶς εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοις. [v] κυρι… […]… Σαρμάτῃ[…] Διόσκορος[…]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] To my lady mother and my lord brother Sarmates, Dioskoros, greetings. Having found my lord brother Paianios departing, I hastened to greet your disposition, and then to inform you about the affair of my lord brother Eulogios, that it has been settled (?) and we are already coming to you. And I deposited the imperial rescript concerning the property of my lord Philagrios, and minutes were drawn up. And after my brother Serenos went out, I was handed over to the office of the magister, and after two days, when Eusebios came, since he had gone off to install the dux at Taposiris, we were brought in, and the eunuch sent to him and he released me, and he made a second set of minutes and released them completely. […] that the people of Hermias and Didy[…] be sent on […] I am reaching you. If you hear […] do not believe it. I pray for your health for many years. [verso] To my lord (?) […] Sarmates […] Dioskoros […]

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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