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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

διὰ τῆς ἐλαχίστηςἐλαχίστου μου ἐπιστολῆς γράφω, προσκυνῶπροσκυνῶν καὶ ἀσπάζομαιἀσπαζόμενος τὰ τίμια ἴχνη τοῦ θεοφυλάκτουθεο . ἐπειδὴ γεγράφηκεν δὲ ὁ θεοφύλακτος ἀντιγεοῦχος χάριν τ καὶ εἰς Μέμφιν ἄλλουςἄλλας ἑπτὰ ἐργάτας, καὶ ἰδοὺ τοὺς τέσσαρας ἐπεμψ- καὶ περὶ ἑνόςἓν γαιδαρίουγαιδάριν ἵνα πέμψω εἰς Βαβυλῶνα μετὰ τῶν ἐργατῶν ἐκέλευσεν ὁ πιστικὸς ἵνα ἀπολύσωσινἀπολύσουσιν ὅλα τὰ γαιδάρια καὶ ἰδοὺ στο διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχεινἔχω ἐργάτας εἰς κοβαλευθῆναι. λοιπὸν παρακαλῶ τὸν ε ς εἰς τούτους ἵνα κοβαλεύσωσινκοβαλεύσουσιν λι πεμφθῆναι ενἕναἕν φυλακφύλακαφύλακος ἀπὸ καινοῦ τοῦ χω σρτ ἵνα ἀγοράζητε επ

Translations (1)

EN scholarly
Through my most humble letter I write, do reverence, and greet the honourable footsteps of my God-protected lord (?). Since the God-protected vice-dominus has written in regard to the […] and further seven workers to Memphis, and the four were sent […] and concerning one donkey, so that I will send to Babylon together with the workers […] the pistikos ordered them to release all the donkeys and […] because I have no workers for transporting. Then, I will ask […] workers to these, so that they can transport the … […] be sent one guard to me (?) from Kainou, the chorion (?) […] ... […] so you can buy […]

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