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bgu.3.874 IV - VII
Letter about collecting gold coins at Narmouthis and grain from Phoibammon. A Christian-era private or business letter asking the recipients to collect two gold coins from a deacon at Narmouthis and grain from a certain Phoibammon, and to pass a message to Elias about the costs of a petition. It ends with greetings to family members and the hope that the writer will travel with the new governor. It dates from the 4th to 7th century AD. machine translation
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Inscriptions (1)
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Transcription
καὶ ἄλλοτε γεγράφηκα ὑμῖν ὥστε πέμψητε εἰς Ναρμοῦθιν καὶ δέξησθε
τὰ δύο χρύσινα παρὰ τοῦ διάκονος. εἰ δὲ τοῦτο ἐποίησας, γράψον μοι
ἐνταῦθα. καταξιώσητε οὖν πέμψατε πρὸς Φοιβάμμωνα
καὶ δέξησθε παρʼ αὐτοῦ σῖτον καὶ μάθητε τί λαμβάνεται παρʼ αὐτοῦ.
μετάδος δὲ τῷ κυρίῳ Ἠλίᾳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ ὡς μετέδωκα Πέτρῳ
περὶ τοῦ πράγματος ὧν εἶπέν μοι καὶ μεταδέδωκέν μοι
ἀνεπεγνώσκει τὰ ἀναλώματα τοῦ λιβελλίου. γράψον μοι καὶ
ποιῶ. πολλὰ δὲ προσαγόρευσον τὴν κυρίαν τὴν ὑμῶν μητέρα
καὶ Ἠλίαν καὶ Ῥωμᾶνον τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἐν τῷ
ἀφθόνῳ ὑμῶν οἴκῳ καὶ τὸν κύριον Εὐφράντιον καὶ τὰ γλυκύτατα
αὐτοῦ παιδία. μὴ οὖν ὀλιγωρήσατε, πιστεύομεν εἰς τὸν πάντων
δεσπότην, ὅτι μετὰ τοῦ νέου ἄρχοντος ἐξερχόμεθα ἐνταῦθα.Translations (1)
I have also written to you on another occasion that you should send to Narmouthis and receive the two gold coins (solidi) from the deacon. If you have done this, write to me here. Please, then, send to Phoibammon and receive grain from him, and find out what is being received from him.
Inform my lord Elias the brother, as I informed Petros, about the matter of which he spoke to me, and he informed me that he did not recognize (?) the expenses of the petition (libellus). Write to me and I will do it.
Greet warmly my lady your mother, and Elias and Romanos the brothers, and all those in your plentiful (?) house, and my lord Euphrantios and his sweetest children.
Do not neglect this, then. We trust in the Master of all that we are coming out here with the new governor.
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