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Brief von Dioskurides an Nearchides via HGV-meta
Letter from Dioskourides to Nearchides about work on dykes. A private letter from Dioskourides to Nearchides, whom he calls brother, thanking him for agreeing to correct a mistake but complaining that work on Dioskourides' dykes was neglected in favour of others. He reports the departure of Neilos with Okeanios to the north and promises to arrange documents so the villagers are not taken away from dyke work. Fourth century AD, Hermopolite nome. machine translation
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Transcription
κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Νεαρχίδῃ
Διοσκουρίδης χαίρειν·
ἐξ ὧν ἔγραψεν ὁ πατὴρ Ἱέραξ χάριν
ἔχω τῇ διαθέσει σου, ἀδελφὲ κύριε,
ὅτι τὸ σφάλμα ἐβουλήθης διορθώσασθαι. δέον γάρ σε ἐν τῇ ἀκμῇ τῆς
ἐργασίας τὰ καθʼ ἡμᾶς ἐν πρώτοις
ποιῆσαι γενέσθαι καὶ μὴ προκρίνειν
ἄλλους ἡμῶν ἀμελήσας. καὶ τοῦτο με
σφόδρα ἐλύπησεν, ὅτι δυσχερῶς
κατεργάζεται τὰ ὑστερούμενα χώματα. καλῶς δὲ ποιήσεις καὶ πρεπόντως τῇ εὐγενείᾳ σου, ὅταν
τὸ πρῶτον σφάλμα διορθώσῃς
καὶ ποιήσῃς κατὰ τρόπον γενέσθαι
τὰ ἡμέτερα χώματα. καὶ τῶν ἀπὸ Δημητρίου ἀδελφὸς Νεῖλος ἕωθεν
τῆς σήμερον, ἥτις ἐστὶν τριακὰς
μετὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου Ὠκεανίου
εἰς τὰ βορεινὰ μέρη ἀπεδήμησεν
πρὸ τῆς κομιδῆς τῶν γραμμάτων
τοῦ πατρὸς Ἱέρακος. καὶ τῇ νεομηνίᾳ πάντως γραφήσεται αὐτῷ,
ὅπως σοι ἀντίγραφα κομισώμεθα περὶ τοῦ μὴ ἀποσπασθῆναι
τοὺς κωμήτας ἀπὸ τῆς ἐργασίας τῶν
παρὰ σοὶ χωμάτων. ἐρρῶσθαί σε
εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοις
κύριε μου ἀδελφέ.Translations (1)
To my lord brother Nearchides, Dioskourides, greetings.
From what our father Hierax wrote, I am grateful for your disposition, lord brother, that you wished to correct the mistake. For you ought, at the height of the work, to have had our affairs done first and not to have preferred others, neglecting us. And this grieved me greatly, that the dykes still outstanding are being worked with difficulty. You will do well and in a manner befitting your nobility when you correct the first mistake and have our dykes done properly. And of those from Demetrios, brother Neilos, early today, which is the thirtieth, departed with your brother Okeanios for the northern parts before the delivery of the letter of father Hierax. And at the new moon he will certainly be written to, so that we may obtain copies for you about the villagers not being withdrawn from the work on the dykes at your place.
I pray for your health for many years, my lord brother.
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