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Letter of Gerontas to Leontius via HGV-meta

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Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

τῷ δεσπότῃ μου Λεοντίῳ πολιτευομένῳ Γεροντᾶς. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαι τῷ παντοκράτορι θεῷ ὅπως ὑγιαίνωνὑγιένων καὶ εὐθυμῶν μετὰ καὶ τῶν παιδίωνπεδίων σου ἀπολάβῃς τὰ παρ’ ἐμοῦ γράμματα. ἤκουσα ὅτι ὁ κύριός μου μέμφεταιμέμφετέ με διὰ τὰ Ἀσκαλώνιασκαλώνια ὡς κράτησον οὖν απεων εκ ἀπαντήσαντα μ

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