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o.douch.2.121 IV - Anfang VKysis (Oasis Magna)
Lettre de requête via HGV-meta
Letter from Sophia asking her brother for dates, deprived by barbarians. A short letter on an ostracon from a woman named Sophia to a man she calls her brother, asking him to remember her and send her something, especially a few dates. She says she lacks most necessities because of the barbarians. It comes from Kysis in the Great Oasis and dates to the 4th or early 5th century AD. machine translation
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TM 34456.
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- Lettre de requête HGV-meta Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ …
Σοφία χαίρειν. γράφω σοι ἔχουσα ὅπως μνησθῇς
μου ἐπειδὴ λυποῦμαι
πάνυ διότι ἐκτός εἰμι
τῶν πλείστων διὰ τοὺς βαρβάρους. πλὴν πέμψον μοι
τίποτε διὰ τὸν Θ…
…ο… ὀλίγα φοινίκια
ἐπειδὴ οὐκ ἔχω.Translations (1)
To my lord brother […], Sophia, greetings. I write to you so that you may remember me, since I am very distressed because I am deprived of most things on account of the barbarians. But send me something by way of Th[…] […] a few dates, since I have none.
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Kysis (Oasis Magna)
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 34456 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.douch;2;121 tier-1
- HGV-Text 34456 tier-1
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