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p.oxy.59.4004 VNeson Kome (Herakleopolites)
Theodorus to Canopus via HGV-meta
Letter of condolence and invitation from Theodoros to Kanopos. A private letter from Theodoros to Kanopos, offering condolences on the death (or misfortune) of Makaria, a woman of his household, and inviting him to come to Neson with Valentinus. Theodoros also asks him to bring garments for fulling and reassures him about grain. Fifth century AD, Herakleopolite nome. machine translation
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TM 35213.
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- Theodorus to Canopus HGV-meta Neson Kome (Herakleopolites)V
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
κυρίῳ μου ἀληθῶς τιμιωτάτῳ ἀδελφῷ Κανώπῳ,
Θεόδωρος.
πάνυ ἐλυπήθημεν ἀκούσαντές τι παθεῖν Μακαρίαν
τὴν σὴν ἐλευθέραν, καὶ οὐκ ἀλόγως τοσοῦτον ὁ υἱός σου
Γρατιανὸς ἐπόθησεν αὐτήν, καὶ ἔτι δὲ οἱ
ἄλλοι αὐτῆς υἱοί. πλὴν τί δυνάμεθα ποιῆσαι
πρὸς τὸ ἀνθρώπινον; καταξίωσον οὖν σαυτὸν
παραμυθήσασθαι καὶ σκυλμὸν ὑπομεῖναι καὶ
ἐλθεῖν πρὸς μὲ μετὰ τοῦ κυρίου μου Οὐαλεντίνου
ἐν τῇ Νήσων. χρείαν γὰρ ἔχω τῆς εὐγενείας σου καὶ πάλιν
ποιῶ σε διὰ σκάφους προπεμφθῆναι. μὴ οὖν
ὀκνήσῃς, ὅτι ἀνάβασίς ἐστιν. ἐρχόμενος δὲ καταξίωσον
ἐνέγκαι ὅσα ἔχεις γνάψιμα. εἰσὶν δέ· στιχάριον
Ναθαναῆλ, ῥάχνη λευκή, στιχάριον Συγκλητικῆς,
μαφόριον τῆς Κύρας, στιχάριον Κύρας.
προσαγορεύω Δίδυμον καὶ Φιλόξενον
καὶ πάντας τοὺς σούς.
ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι
χρόνοις πολλοῖς, κύριε
τιμιώτατε ἄδελφε.
περὶ τοῦ σίτου μὴ ἀμφίβαλλε. ἐγὼ οὐκ
ἔπεμψα αὐτὸν ἵνα σοὶ ἐλθόντι παραμετρηθῇ.
[v]
κυρίῳ μου ἀληθῶς τιμιωτάτῳ ἀδελφῷ Κανώπῳ
Θεόδωρος.Translations (1)
[recto]
To my lord, truly most honoured brother Kanopos,
Theodoros.
We were very grieved to hear that something had happened to Makaria, your freedwoman (?), and not without reason did your son Gratianus long for her so much, and also her other sons. But what can we do in the face of human fate? Deign therefore to console yourself and endure the trouble, and come to me with my lord Valentinus at Neson. For I need your nobility, and I will have you sent back again by boat. So do not hesitate because it is an upstream journey. When you come, deign to bring whatever items for fulling you have. They are: a tunic of Nathanael, a white blanket, a tunic of Synkletike, a mantle (maphorion) of Kyra, a tunic of Kyra.
I greet Didymos and Philoxenos and all your people.
I pray for your health for many years, lord, most honoured brother.
About the grain, do not be in doubt. I did not send it, so that it may be measured out to you when you come.
[verso]
To my lord, truly most honoured brother Kanopos,
Theodoros.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 35213 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;59;4004 tier-1
- HGV-Text 35213 tier-1
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