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c.epist.lat.244 spätes IV - frühes VOxyrhynchos

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Letter of recommendation from Theon to Philagathos Paskentios for the veteran Paulos. A bilingual Christian letter, beginning with a fragmentary Latin passage and continuing in Greek, from Theon to Philagathos Paskentios. Theon thanks him on behalf of the veteran Paulos for past help and asks that no outsiders be allowed to trouble Paulos about a boat. It comes from Oxyrhynchus, late 4th or early 5th century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Latin · Latin

Transcription

[r] […]…[…] […]os et probatos et imperatorum et senatorum et maxime disertos et pauperes immortales condidit deus lues autem commortales fieri Φιλαγάθῳ Πασκεντίῳ Θέων εὖ ποίησον φησὶν ἀνδρὶ καὶ ἕξεις τὰ ἀνταπόδομα ἐὰν δὲ μὴ παρʼ αὐτοῦ παρὰ δὲ τῷ ὑψίστῳ διὸ Παῦλος ὁ οὐετρανὸς σὺν πᾶσιν τοῖς ὁμονοοῦσιν αὐτῷ ὑπερευχαριστοῦσι τῷ θεῷ ἐπὶ τῇ σπουδῇ ὑμῶν τῇ βελτίστῃ καὶ πάλαι καὶ νῦν προσθὲς δὲ ἐπὶ ταῖς αὐτοῦ εὐποιΐαις πρὸς τὸ μηδένα τῶν ἐκτὸς ὀχλήσειν αὐτῷ περὶ τοῦ πλοίου […]σ[…]οχθεισω[…] […]ρισηται α[…] [v] servo dei tempore Pascentio

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] […] […] […] and approved, both of emperors and of senators, and especially the eloquent and the poor God created immortal, but the plague (?) [made them] become mortal together […] To Philagathos Paskentios, Theon. "Do good," it says, "to a man, and you will have the recompense; and if not from him, then from the Most High." Therefore Paulos the veteran, together with all who are of one mind with him, gives abundant thanks to God for your most excellent zeal, both long ago and now. Add to his benefactions that none of the outsiders should trouble him about the boat […] […] […] [verso] To the servant of God, Pascentius, in season (?)

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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