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Deux lettre du monomachos Eukylistros via HGV-meta
Letter of Eukylistros to Sarapion reporting a barbarian attack on the fort. A letter on an ostracon from Eukylistros, called a monomachos, to the tesserarius Sarapion, reporting that he went straight from Koptos to the desert fort. He describes an attack by Iekoun and the 'Barbarians', who beat the men they found alone, forcing them to flee about a mile before returning, and says he sent a servant so the fort would not be abandoned. machine translation
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· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Εὐκύλιστρος
μονομάχος Σαραπίωνι τεσσεραρίῳ. γινώσκειν σε θέλω ὅτι
ὡς ἐντέταλσαι μοι ἐποίησα καὶ παρὰ τήν σου
διαταγὴν οὐκ μεμένηκα εἰς Κόπτον μίαν
ὥραν ἀλλὰ ἦλθον ἐν
τῷ πραισιδίῳ. Ιεκουν
δὲ καταβὰς μετὰ τῶν
Βαρβάρων ξυλοκρουστοὺς ἡμᾶς ἐποίησεν,
μόνους ἡμᾶς εὑρών,
καὶ ἐφύγομεν ὡς
ἐπὶ μίλιον καὶ ἀνεκάμψαμεν καὶ ἔπεμψά
σοι τὸν φαμελιάριν
ἵνα μὴ ἀφῶμεν
τὸ πραισίδιον
μονTranslations (1)
Eukylistros, gladiator (?), to Sarapion, tesserarius. I want you to know that I did as you instructed me, and contrary to your order I did not stay in Koptos a single hour but came to the fort. Iekoun, having come down with the Barbarians, made us beaten with clubs (?), finding us alone, and we fled about a mile and then turned back, and I sent you the servant so that we would not abandon the fort […]
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