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o.claud.2.386 II (?)Mons Claudianus
Lettre de Iulius A[...] an centurion Alexander à propos d’une fillette via HGV-meta
Letter from Julius to the centurion Alexander about the girl Nike. A private letter on an ostracon from Julius A[…] to the centurion Alexander, reporting on a girl named Nike whom he had been asked to protect from mistreatment. Found at Mons Claudianus, the Roman quarry site in the Eastern Desert, probably 2nd century AD. machine translation
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- Lettre de Iulius A[...] an centurion Alexander à propos d’une fillette HGV-meta Mons ClaudianusII (?)
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Transcription
Ἰούλις Α…[…]Ἀλεξάνδρῳ κεντυρίωνι τῷ κυρίῳ πλεῖστα χαίρειν.
πρὸ παντὸςεὔχομαί σε ἰσχύιν
καὶ ὑγιαίνιν καὶ τὸ προσκύνημά
σου ποιῶ παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Σεράπιδι καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν. ἐρωτηθείς, κύριέ μου, περὶ τοῦ κορασίου Νίκης ὅπως
αὐτὴν ὑπὸ οὐδενὸς ὑβρίζεσθαι, διὰ
τὸν σὸν φόβον καὶ τὴν σὴν φιλανθρωπίαν οἶδα ἐγὼ ὅτι τινι ἐμαυτὸν κατὰ ε[…]…ευσα ἐὰν …[…]πως παρά τι ποιήσῃ
[…]παρόντος σου αὐτῆς ἐξουσίαν
[…]ητι αυτη ὅπως μὴ ἀναχωρήσῃ[…]…λλασε αὐτῆς ἢ μὴ ἰδεῖν ον
[…] εἰς Κλαυδιανὸν οὐδε
[…]ἐπιστροφὴν ποιοῦμαι οὐδὲ αυ[…]τὸ κοράσιον οὐδενὸς ἐπιστρέφεται διὰ τὴν σὴν παρουσίαν. ἀντίγραψόν μοι περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας σου
ἔρρωσο.Translations (1)
Julius A[…] to Alexander, centurion, his lord, very many greetings.
Before all else I pray that you are strong and healthy, and I make your obeisance before the lord Sarapis every day. Having been asked, my lord, about the girl Nike, that she should be insulted (?) by no one, because of fear of you and your kindness I know that […] myself according to […] if […] she does something contrary […] while you are present, authority over her […] so that she does not go away […] her or not to see […] to Claudianus, nor […] do I pay attention, nor […] the girl pays attention to no one because of your presence. Write back to me about your well-being.
Farewell.
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Mons Claudianus
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 29785 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.claud;2;386 tier-1
- HGV-Text 29785 tier-1
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