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p.oxy.59.4005 VIOxyrhynchos

To Theodosius via HGV-meta

Letter to Theodosios about his wife, his wages and purchases. A Christian private letter from Oxyrhynchus, 6th century AD, sent by a brother to Theodosios, who is working away for a landowner. The writer reassures him about his wife Maria, reports failing to collect a solidus of his wages from the landowner, and asks him to buy a box for his sister Phoibadia, weavers' combs, an iron item, and shallots for his father-in-law Abraamios. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] μὴ θελήσῃς μηδεμίαν φροντίδα ἔχειν περὶ τῆς ἡμῶν ἀδελφῆς Μαρίας, σοῦ δὲ συμβίου. οὐκ ἐῶμεν γάρ, τοῦ θεοῦ θέλοντος, αὐτὴν δεηθῆναί τινος, οὔτε ἐννοούμεν ποιῆσαι αὐτῇ πρᾶγμα. καθὼς δὲ γέγραφας περὶ τοῦ κοκκηροῦ ἱματίου, δέδωκα. μὲν αὐτῇ, παρεγενάμην δὲ πρὸς τὸν σὸν γεοῦχον θέλων λαβεῖν ἕνα χρύσινον ἐκ τοῦ σοῦ ὀψωνίου, ποιήσας αὐτῷ καὶ ἰδιόχειρον, καὶ οὐδὲν ἠνέσχετό μοι δοῦναι. μικρὸν δὲ γλωσσοκομεῖον καταξίωσον ἀγοράσαι τῇ ἀδελφῇ σου Φοιβαδίᾳ καὶ τέσσαρα κτένια τῶν γερδιαινῶν. εἰ δὲ δυνήθῃς ἀγοράσαι ἑνὸς γράμματος σιδήρειον μαζίον, μὴ ὀκνήσῃς τοῦτο ποιῆσαι. ἐπέτρεψέν μοι δὲ Ἀβραάμιος ὁ σὸς πενθερὸς γράψαι σοι ὥστε εἰ λάβῃς χρυσίον ἀπὸ τοῦ γεούχου σου, συνωνήσασθαι αὐτῷ ἑνὸς χρυσίνου ἀσκαλώνια. πολλὰ δὲ προσαγορεύομεν ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου τὴν σὴν διάθεσιν καὶ ὑγιαίνομεν σὺν θεῷ. [v] ἐπίδος τῷ δεσπότῃ ἀδελφῷ Θεοδοσίῳ πρ… παρὰ …… ἀδελφοῦ.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Do not have any worry about our sister Maria, your wife. For, God willing, we will not let her be in need of anything, nor do we intend to cause her any trouble. As you wrote about the scarlet cloak, I gave it to her. I went to your landowner wishing to get one solidus from your wages, and I even made him a handwritten receipt, but he would not consent to give me anything. Please buy a small box for your sister Phoibadia and four weavers' combs. If you can buy an iron lump (?) of one gramma, do not hesitate to do so. Abraamios your father-in-law asked me to write to you so that, if you get gold from your landowner, you buy for him shallots for one solidus. We greet your good self many times, from the least to the greatest, and we are well, with God. [verso] Deliver to my master brother Theodosios […] from […] his brother.

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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