Fin d'une lettre chrétienne
Christian letter in which someone is asked to help his sisters in Christ, just as it is his duty to help his brothers in Christ.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 30693
End of a Christian letter recommending women travelling to the procurator TM 30693Provenance unknown (Province of Egypt)III - IV A.D.
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The end of a Christian letter in which the writer and his companions greet the recipient in the Lord. He asks him to help some women being taken to the procurator, just as he helps all the brothers in the Lord. Egypt, provenance unknown, 3rd to early 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
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[…] I and those with [me greet you] in the Lord. Just as it is your duty to help all the brothers in the Lord, so also to these women, who are being brought to the procurator, you will show your love, through whatever he may provide for them.
I pray for your health in the Lord.
The epitropos (procurator) was a Roman financial official. The last clause is grammatically awkward, and its exact sense, perhaps that the recipient should help through whatever the procurator provides, is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fin d’une lettre chrétienne). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.got.11
[… 2 lines lost …] […] ἐγώ τε καὶ οἱ σὺν ἐμοί σε προσαγορεύομεν ἐν κυρίῳ. καθὼς δέ σοί ἐστιν πᾶσι τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ἐν κυρίῳ βοηθεῖν, καὶ ταύταις ἀγομέναις πρὸς τὸν ἐπίτροπον ἐπιδώσεις τὴν ἀγάπην σου, διʼ ὧν ἐὰν παράσχῃ αὐταῖς. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι ἐν κυρίῳ.