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c.epist.lat.243 spätes IV - frühes VOxyrhynchos
Graeco - Latin Letter via HGV-meta
Christian letter of recommendation from Theon to Pascentius for a wronged old woman. A short letter in Greek with Latin lines, from Theon to Pascentius, a Christian addressed as 'servant of God', recommending an old woman who claims that she and her son are being wronged. Theon asks Pascentius to investigate whether her case is just and to help her. It comes from Oxyrhynchus, late 4th or early 5th century AD. machine translation
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 35623.
Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.
- chla.47.1410 DDbDP-text Oxyrhynchosspätes IV - frühes V
- p.oxy.18.2193 DDbDP-text Oxyrhynchosspätes IV - frühes V
- Graeco - Latin Letter HGV-meta Oxyrhynchosspätes IV - frühes V
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Latin
· Latin
Transcription
[r]
immortales condidit
deus lues autem commortales fieri
χαῖρε ἐν κυρίῳ θεῷ σωτηρίῳ φιλάγαθε Πασκέντιε
διὰ Θέωνος
ἔφθασεν ἐπὶ σὲ ὁ
θειότατος καὶ παρακλητικὸς λόγος
τὸ μή σε ἐκκλινέτω ἑκὼν ὁ νοῦς
μηδὲ παρίδῃς
δέησιν πενήτων
τῶν ἐν ἀνάγκῃ
ὄντων διὸ ἐλθοῦσα ἡ γραῦς
ᾐτήσατο γράμματα
πρὸς τὴν σὴν ἔνθεον γνώμην ἐκδιηγησαμένη ὅτι ἀδικοῦμαι καὶ τὸν υἱόν
μου ἀδικοῦσιν
γνῶθι οὖν ἀσφαλῶς
εἰ ἔχει τινὰ δικαιολογίαν καὶ σύνελθε ὁσίως
[v]
redde Pascentio servo dei temporeTranslations (1)
[recto]
[…] God created (us) immortal, but (through) the plague (?) we have become mortal (?).
Greetings in the Lord God our Saviour, Pascentius, lover of goodness.
By Theon.
The most divine and exhorting word has reached you, that your mind should not willingly turn aside, nor should you overlook the plea of the poor who are in need. Therefore the old woman came and asked for a letter to your godly judgement, having explained that 'I am being wronged and they are wronging my son.' Find out therefore with certainty whether she has any just claim, and help her devoutly.
[verso]
Deliver to Pascentius, servant of God, at the proper time (?).
Connections
Found at
Oxyrhynchus
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 35623 primary
- DDbDP-Text c.epist.lat;;243 tier-1
- HGV-Text 35623 tier-1
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