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bgu.3.728 IV - VIIArsinoites
Letter from Pousis to the notary John about their master's health. Fragmentary Christian letter from Pousis to John, a notary, from the Arsinoite nome. The writer reports news brought by Nepheras the Moor about their common master, describes his great distress, and says he has sent to holy monks and to the shrines of the martyrs to pray for the master's life and health. machine translation
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Inscriptions (1)
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Transcription
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† καταλαβὼν Νεφερᾶς ὁ Μαῦρος ἀπ[…]
αὐτὸν ἐκεῖσε διὰ χρείαν τινὰ ἀπη…[…]
δεσπότης ὁ θεοφύλακτος κύριος […]
καὶ οὐκ ηὗρεν παραστῆσαί μοι τὸν γρ[…]
εἰς τοσαύτην ἐνεχθῆναι φροντίδα[…]
ταῦτά μοι ἐκείνου ἀπαγγείλαντ[…]
ἀρίστου καὶ οὐδενὸς ἑτέρου ἐδυν[…]
ἐν πολλῇ εἰμι ἀθυμίᾳ τούτου χάριν[…]
ἀδελφικὴν λαμπρότητα εὐθέως[…]
καὶ τὸν τρόπον τῆς ἀηδίας καὶ ὁ π[…]
μικρὸν ἀνανήψω τῆς τοσαύτης ἀθυμίας[…]
ἔπεμψα πρὸς ἁγίους μονάζοντας […]
τοῦ κοινοῦ δεσπότου τοῦ θεοφυλάκτου[…]
καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἁγίους μάρτυρας τῆς π[…]
τῆς ζωῆς καὶ ὑγείας τοῦ κοινοῦ δεσπότου[…]
παρακαλῶ οὖν αὐτὴν ὡς εἶπον …[…]
ἵνα …[…]…ω[…]…[…]φ[…]σης φ[…]
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[…]… ἀδελφῷ Ἰωάννῃ νοταρίῳ † Ποῦσις †Translations (1)
[recto]
† Nepheras the Moor, having arrived […] him there for some need […] the God-protected master, lord […]
and he did not find (a way?) to present to me the […]
to be brought into such great anxiety […]
when he reported these things to me […]
excellent, and of no other was able […]
I am in great despondency on account of this […]
your brotherly Splendour immediately […]
and the manner of the unpleasantness and the […]
I may recover a little from such great despondency […]
I sent to holy monks […]
of our common master, the God-protected […]
and to the holy martyrs of the […]
for the life and health of our common master […]
I therefore beseech your (Splendour), as I said, […]
that […]
[…]
[verso]
[…] to (my) brother John, notary, † Pousis †
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