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Letter from Charisios to Apa Paieous with greetings and gifts of food TM 16856Herakleopolites bzw. Kynopolites

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A letter from Charisios to Apa Paieous, his spiritual father and leader of a monastic community, sending greetings to many named brothers and gifts of dates, lentil meal, raisins and sweet oil. He promises to come soon, God willing.

In English machine translation

[recto] To my most honoured and beloved father Apa Paieous, Charisios, very many greetings. Before all else I greet you warmly in the Lord. I greet Apa Dioskoros and Apa Tryphon and Apa Gerontios and Apa Hierax and the brothers with you, each by name. I greet Petnirios and Leonides and Petthybestis and Papnouthes and Apa Touas and Apa Panare. I greet Papnouthes the Antaiopolite and Kolobos and the brothers, each by name. Knowing then your zeal, father Apa Paieous, for all the brothers, and especially for me, see, I have sent you 2 artabas of dates and 1 artaba of lentil meal, and in addition 1 knidion of raisins and 1 knidion of sweet olive oil. And if you need anything, send to me, and I have not neglected the things I told you about. And God willing, I am coming to you soon. Psalious and those with us greet you all. [… 1 line lost …] [verso] Deliver to Apa Paieous, from Charisios.

Apa Paieous is known as the head of a Melitian monastic community in the 330s AD; this letter belongs to his archive. A knidion is a small jar used as a measure.

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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p.lond.6.1918

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Herakleopolites bzw. Kynopolites

[r] τῷ τιμιωτάτῳ καὶ ἠγαπημένῳ πατρὶ ἄπα Παιηοῦτι Χαρίσιος πλεῖστα χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων ἀσπάζομαί σε πολλὰ ἐν κυρίῳ, ἀσπάζομαι ἄπα Διόσκορον καὶ ἄπα Τρύφωνα καὶ ἄπα Γερόντιον καὶ ἄπα Ἱέρακα καὶ τοὺς σὺν ὑμῖν ἀδελφοὺς κατʼ ὄνομα, ἀσπάζομαι Πετνίριον καὶ Λεωνίδην καὶ Πετθυβέστιο…