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bgu.2.547 IV - VIIArsinoites
Letter begging a patron not to trouble the deacon Peter. Fragment of a Christian letter from Late Antique Egypt (Arsinoite nome) in which the writer, in great fear, humbly begs a high-ranking patron not to trouble his fellow-servant, the deacon Peter. He asks the patron to pray that God may save him from the wrath hanging over him. machine translation
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Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
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Transcription
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[…]της μου μέγας φόβος ἐπίκειται ἡμῖν κ[…]
[…]τοι ἀπο[…]ἐντεῦθεν διακωλυθῆναι τὴν βραχύτητά μου …[…]
προσκυνούσης ὑμᾶς τῆς ἐμῆς μητρὸς παρακαλῶ τὴν ὑμετέραν περιβλεπτότητα
μὴ ὀχλῆσαι τῷ συνδούλῳ μου τῷ εὐλαβεστάτῳ Πέτρῳ τῷ διακόνῳ καὶ πιστεύω εἰς τὸν θεὸν ὅτι ε[…]
[…]… ζωῆς καταλαμβάνω τοὺς πόδας ὑμῶν καθʼ ἃ καὶ ἄλλοτε γέγραφα πρὸς τὴν ὑμῶν
[…] δεσποτείαν· ἀκριβῶς γὰρ οἶδα, δέσποτα, ὅτι αὐτοπαράκλητοί ἐστε καὶ ἡδέως
καταδέχεσθε τὴν αἴτησιν τῶν προσκυνητῶν ὑμῶν, μάλιστα τῶν γνησίως ὑμᾶς ἀγαπώντων.
ὁ κύριος τῶν αἰώνων διαφυλάξῃ τὴν ὑμῶν περίβλεπτον μεγαλοπρέπειαν καὶ ἀξιώσῃ τὴν ἐμὴν
μετριότητα προσκυνῆσαι τοὺς πόδας ὑμῶν ἄλλοτε, δέσποτα, εὔξασθε δέ, δέσποτα,
ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ, ἵνα ὁ θεὸς σώσῃ με ἐκ τῆς ἐπικειμένης ὀργῆς †Translations (1)
[...]
[...] my [...] great fear lies upon us [...]
[...] from [...] hence that my insignificance be prevented [...]
While my mother does obeisance to you, I beseech your magnificence
not to trouble my fellow-servant, the most pious Peter the deacon, and I trust in God that [...]
[...] of life, I clasp your feet, just as I have also written at other times to your
[...] lordship; for I know well, master, that you need no urging and gladly
accept the request of those who do you obeisance, especially of those who sincerely love you.
May the Lord of the ages preserve your magnificent greatness and grant my
lowliness to do obeisance at your feet another time, master; and pray, master,
for me, that God may save me from the wrath that threatens. †
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