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p.oxy.59.4003 IV - VPelusion

Didymus to Athanasius via HGV-meta

Letter from Didymos to Athanasios about completing a church. A letter from Didymos, who is in Pelusion, to his 'brother' Athanasios, urging him by God to finish building a church on the estate using money from the sale of a donkey and 3 solidi, to complete the columns, and to manage various estate affairs. He also asks for the memoranda of the Augustalis to be sent to him and for a free doorkeeper to be found. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Ἀθανασίῳ, Δίδυμος. τὸν ἐπουράνιόν σου θεόν, οὕτωσνυμφεύσεις τὰ ἀρσενικά σου τέκνα, πρὸ πάντων χρεώστην με ἔχων τῆς μεγάλης ταύτης χάριτος, ἐπίθες σεαυτὸν εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν. καὶ τὴν τιμὴν τοῦ ὄνου καὶ τὰ ἄλλα τρία ὁλοκόττινα, ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀνάλωσον καὶ τελείωσον τὴν ἐκκλησίαν. ἤδη γὰρ εὗρεν τοὺς λίθους Ἰσιαείας ὁ λαοξόος. συνεφώνησεν οὖν πρὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον. καὶ ἀγόρασον δύο χρυσίνους καὶ ἀρκοῦνται. τελείωσον τοὺς κίονας. ἀπὸ Ταμπεμοῦ ποίησον τὸ ἁλιευτικὸν πρὸ τῆς ἀποβάσεως ἐνεγκεῖν. παρακαλῶ μὴ παρίδῃς μου ταύτην ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοις. τὴν ἀξίωσιν. καὶ γὰρ ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐμῆς ψυχῆς καὶ τῆς σοῦ ποιεῖς [v] κατασκευὴν τῶν μηχανῶν τῆς οὐσίας ἑτοίμασον. περίελθε τὴν οὐσίαν. ἀπέστειλα σοι καὶ Ἑορτάσιον σχολάζοντα σοι. τὰ ὑπομνήματα ὅλα τοῦ Αὐγουσταλίου ἃ ἔχεις φωνῶν, μέλλω ἐπιδεῖν ὡς χρή, μετὰ σπουδῆς μοι ἀπόστειλον. χρειαν γὰρ αὐτῶν ἔχω ἐν Πηλουσίῳ. μὴ ἀνα…η…ει…ε…ε…… τῆς ἐλευθέρας μου καὶ ἐν τούτῳ με χρεώστην με ἔχεις, καθὼς καὶ αὐτή σε προετρέψατο. θαρσῶ δὲ ὅτι μᾶλλον τὰ πάντα ποιεῖς ὡς ἐμοῦ παρόντος, ἵνα δυνηθῶμεν τὰ δημόσια εὑρεῖν. μὴ ἀμελήσῃς δὲ τοὺς κίονας. ἐπεῖγε τοὺς προνοητάς. ἐλεύθερον θυρωρὸν εὑρέ.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] To my lord brother Athanasios, Didymos. (I adjure you by) your heavenly God, so may you see your male children married: above all, holding me as your debtor for this great favour, apply yourself to the church. And the price of the donkey and the other 3 solidi, spend from them and finish the church. For the stonecutter has already found the stones of Isiaeia (?). So he has come to an agreement with the man. And buy 2 gold pieces' worth and they are satisfied. Finish the columns. From Tampemou have the fishing-tackle (?) brought before the departure. I beg you, do not neglect this request of mine. For you are acting on behalf of my soul and yours. I pray for your health for many years. [verso] Get ready the construction of the machines of the estate. Go round the estate. I have sent you Heortasios too, to be at your service. All the memoranda of the Augustalis which you have, ⟦…⟧ which I am going to look over as needed, send me with haste. For I need them in Pelusion. Do not […] of my wife; in this too you hold me as your debtor, just as she herself urged you. I am confident that you will do everything even more than if I were present, so that we may be able to find the public dues. Do not neglect the columns. Press the overseers. Find a free doorkeeper.

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