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o.douch.1.2 IV - Anfang VKysis (Oasis Magna)

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Letter from Peteuris to Papnouthis asking for public grain for Abraham. A short letter from Peteuris, an epimeletes (official in charge), to Papnouthis, whom he addresses as father, asking him to have five matia of public grain given to brother Abraham because of the writer's difficulties. It comes from Kysis in the Great (Kharga) Oasis, 4th to early 5th century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

τῷ κυρίῳ μου πατρὶ Παπνούθι Πετεῦρις ἐπιμελητὴς χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων πόλλα σου τὴν εὐγένειαν προσαγορεύω ἀξιωθεὶς ἐλέησον δοθῆναι τῷ ἀδελφῷ Ἀβραὰμ … σίτου δημοσίου μάτια πέντε . οἶσθα γὰρ ἐν οἴᾳ ἀπορήσῳ εἰς τὴν ……ην. ἀξιῶ ἐπειδὴ …………… […]ειν σοι σίτου τρητης ἄχρι ………… ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
To my lord father Papnouthis, Peteuris, epimeletes, greetings. Before all else I greet your nobility many times, having been asked (?): have pity and let 5 matia of public grain be given to brother Abraham […]. For you know in what difficulty I shall be for the […]. I ask, since […] […] to you of grain […] until […] I pray for your health.

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Found at Kysis (Oasis Magna)

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