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Letter of Pesynthios on behalf of Jacob the farmer, separated from his wife TM 39105unbekannt

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A fragmentary letter from Pesynthios to a superior he calls his God-protected master, apologising that illness has kept him from coming to pay his respects. He asks his master to order that the wife of Jacob, a poor farmer, come down to join him so the couple may find some support, as they are in great need.

In English machine translation

[recto] […] […] to go up and kiss the feet of [my master] […] [so that I may obtain] what I have been eager for, because on account of my sins I fell ill, and up to the time of writing […] [if I recover] myself, I am coming up to your feet, since in many ways I wish to be found [in obeisance to you] […] I [beg] and entreat my master on every occasion to order that news of [his] health be written to me […] to serve my master in all things; without letters my God-protected [master] knows […] and there is need for the wife of Jacob the farmer to be found here and [to come down] […] [so that she may find a little] support, since he is humble and utterly wretched and has need of the […] [verso] […] and I entreat my God-protected master to order her to come down and [to be found here] […] so that she may find, as I said before, a little support, since they are in great need, as [I said before] […] [to] your blessed city, knowing the love which Lord Kyris has for the […] […] my master to preserve for me the beneficent assistance of [my] God-protected [master] […] and […] of the masters †

The beginning is lost and many line openings are restored. 'Kyris' is a title of respect (lord) applied here to a person.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as De Pésynthios: en faveur de Jacob séparé de sa femme). 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

[r] [… ? lines lost …] […]…[…]…προς…[…]…[…]… ἀνελθεῖν καὶ ποδοφιλῆσαι τὸν δεσπότην μου […]ἵνα ἐπιτύχω τοῦ ἐσπουδασμένου διότι ἐξ ἁμαρτιῶν ἐρρώσθη, καὶ μέχρι τῆς γραφῆς […]ἐὰν ἀναλάβω ἐμαυτόν, ἀνέρχομαι εἰς πόδας ὑμῶν, ἐπειδὴ κατὰ πολλοὺς τοὺς τρόπους θέλω εὑρεθῆναι εἰς προσκύνησι…