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p.oxy.56.3858 IVOxyrhynchos

Barys to Diogenes via HGV-meta

Letter from Barys to Diogenes asking relief from a liturgy for Horos. A Christian letter from Barys to Diogenes, whom he addresses as father and brother in the Lord, asking him to excuse a poor man named Horos from a public service obligation for four months. Horos works a farm for Serenianus and plans to leave him in Hathyr to take up the liturgy; the letter dates to the 4th century AD and comes from Oxyrhynchus. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

τῷ ἀγαπητῷ καὶ πατρὶ Διογένει Βαρὺς ὁ ἀδελφὸς ἐν κυρίῳ χαίρειν. εἰδώς σου τὴν ἀγάπην καὶ τὴν θεοσέβειαν ἣν ἔχεις πρὸς ἡμᾶς, κύριέ μου πάτερ, διʼ αὐτὸ τοῦτο ἔγραψά σοι, ἀξιῶν σε, ἵνα μὴ ἐπιβαρήσω τοῦ ἐλθεῖν πρὸς σέ, εἰδώς σου τὴν ἀσχολίαν. τοῦτο οὖν σε ἀξιῶ, οὐκ ἐπιτάσσων, περὶ Ὥρου, περὶ οὗ ἐλάλησέν σοι Παθερμοῦθεις, περὶ αὐτοῦ, εἰ δυνατόν ἐστιν, συγχωρῆσαι αὐτῷ ταύτην τὴν τετράμηνον, ἐπειδὴ πάνυ μέτριός ἐστιν καὶ ἔχει χωρίον Σερηνιανῷ. τῷ γὰρ Ἁθὺρ μέλλει ἀποτάξασθαι αὐτῷ ἵνα σχολάσῃ τῇ λειτουργίᾳ. δυνατὸς ὁ θεὸς φυλάξαι σε, ἔστʼ ἂν ἐκτελέσῃς τὴν λειτουργίαν, ἀπρόσκοπον. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοις.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
To my beloved and father Diogenes, Barys your brother in the Lord, greetings. Knowing your love and the piety which you have towards us, my lord father, for this very reason I have written to you, asking you, so that I may not burden you by coming to you, knowing how busy you are. This then I ask of you, not commanding: concerning Horos, about whom Pathermouthis spoke to you, concerning him, if it is possible, to excuse him for these four months, since he is very poor and holds a farm (?) from Serenianus. For in Hathyr he intends to take leave of him so that he may devote himself to the liturgy. God is able to keep you without stumbling until you complete the liturgy. I pray for your health for many years.

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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