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Letter of recommendation from Aurelius Archelaus, beneficiarius, to Iulius Domitius, tribune of a legion via HGV-meta
Letter of recommendation for Theon from Aurelius Archelaus to the tribune Iulius Domitius. A Latin letter of recommendation from Aurelius Archelaus, a beneficiarius (soldier on special staff duty), to his superior Iulius Domitius, a legionary tribune, commending his friend Theon, who had left home and property to follow him. It was found at Oxyrhynchus and dates to the 2nd century AD. machine translation
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TM 69880.
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- chla.4.267 DDbDP-text
- p.oxy.1.32 DDbDP-text
- Letter of recommendation from Aurelius Archelaus, beneficiarius, to Iulius Domitius, tribune of a legion HGV-meta OxyrhynchosII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
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Transcription
[FrA,r]
Iulio Domitio tribuno militum legionis
ab Aurelio Archelao beneficiario
suo salutem
iam tibi et pristine commen
daveram Theonem amicum
meum et modo quoque peto
domine ut eum ante oculos
habeas tamquam me est enim talis homo ut ametur
a te reliquit enim suos et
rem suam et actum et me
secutus est et per omnia me
securum fecit et ideo peto
a te ut habeat introitum
ad te et omnia tibi referre potest de acto nostro
quidquid mihi dixit illud et factum esse scito
amavi hominem […]
m[…]…[…] sed des […]
a te peto domine[…]
m[…]… ibi est[…]
c[…] hab[…]
h[…] et […]
tor t…[…]…ico […]
illum ut […]ypse […] intercessoris ut illum commendarem
opto te felicissimum domine multis annis cum tuis omnibus
bene valere
hanc epistulam ante oculos habeto domine putato
me tecum loqui
vale
[FrA,v]
Iulio Domitio tribuno militum legionis
ab Aurelio Archelao beneficiario
[FrB]
[…]st[…]
[…]quia[…]Translations (1)
[Fragment A, recto]
To Iulius Domitius, military tribune of the legion, from Aurelius Archelaus, his beneficiarius, greetings.
Already before now I had recommended to you Theon my friend, and now also I ask, lord, that you keep him before your eyes as you would me. For he is such a man as to be loved by you; for he left his own people and his property and business and followed me, and in all things he has kept me free from care. And therefore I ask of you that he may have access to you, and he can report everything to you about our affairs. Whatever he has told me, know that it has been done. I have loved the man […] […] but give […] I ask of you, lord, […] […] there is […] […] […] […] and […] […] him that […] himself […] of an intercessor, that I might recommend him […].
I pray, lord, that you may be most fortunate and in good health for many years with all your household.
Keep this letter before your eyes, lord; imagine that I am talking with you.
Farewell.
[Fragment A, verso]
To Iulius Domitius, military tribune of the legion, from Aurelius Archelaus, beneficiarius.
[Fragment B]
[…] […] because […]
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 69880 primary
- DDbDP-Text c.epist.lat;;169 tier-1
- HGV-Text 69880 tier-1
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