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Letter from Apa Mios asking for nets against gazelles TM 10051Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)ca. 346

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A Christian letter from Apa Mios to his 'brother' Amenneus, probably the army officer Flavius Abinnaeus, asking to borrow linen hunting nets for a few days because gazelles are ravaging the crops. It belongs to the Abinnaeus archive, around AD 346, probably from the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

To my beloved brother Amenneus, Apa Mios, greetings in the Lord. I give thanks to God for your good health, that he may deliver you from […]. We know your zeal and your love toward us: you do these things for God's sake, and I pray to him that he may repay you for the love you show; for it is through him that you act. Next, I write to you, brother: for I have heard that there are linen nets lying at the standards (?); if it is possible, send them to me for a few days, since the gazelles are destroying the sown crops. If you do not have any at the standards, perhaps you can find some elsewhere; in short, send me a few, and I will send them back to you quickly, for I know that you do more than what I have told you. I sent you a pig's (?) hide through Sairis. I greet everyone in the house by name. May the Lord God protect you. Apa Mios. I pray for your health in the Lord.

"Signa" (standards) probably refers to the military unit's headquarters or stores; the addressee Amenneus is usually identified with Abinnaeus. The word for the hide is uncertain, possibly "pig's" or "hyena's".

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · ca. 346 · Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)

τῷ ἀγαπητῷ ἀδελφῷ Ἀμεννέῳ ἄπα Μειός ἐν κυρίῳ χαίρειν. εὐχαριστῶ τῷ θεῷ περὶ τῆς ὑμῶν ὁλοκληρίας ἵνα ῥύσει σε ἀπὸ λ… σαι[…]αριου. οἴδαμεν τὸ σπουδαῖον σου καὶ τὴν ἀγάπην σου εἰς ἡμᾶς· διὰ τὸν θεὸν ταῦτα ποιεῖς, καὶ ἐγὼ εὔχομαι αὐτῷ ἵνα ἀνταποδώσει σοι τὴν ἀγάπην ἣν ποιεῖς· διʼ αὐτ…