Greek letter concerning vegetable seeds and gardening issues of unknown Egyptian provenance, employing an epistolary formula expressing hope for the help of God and the saints; datable to the early 6th century.
Evidence ID
E02077
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Letter
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
CPR 25 10, line 3:
μικρὸ̣ν πωμάριο̣ν̣ [ -4-5- ]ο̣ φι̣λοκαλέσαι, τοῦ δεσπότου θεοῦ κελεύοντος καὶ τῶν ἁγίω̣[ν -ca.?- .]
'… you take care of the little garden, if the the Lord God and the saints command it …'
Text and German translation: A. Papathomas
English translation: G. Schenke
A full record of the document complete with images can be found at:
http://papyri.info/ddbdp/cpr;25;10
Non Liturgical Activity
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The fragmentary papyrus document P.Vindob. G. 26699 is housed at the papyrus collection in Vienna. The document is dated on palaeographical grounds.Discussion
At the end of the line one could assume either particular names of one or more specific saints, or the word 'all' to have been lost.Bibliography
Edition:Papathomas, A., Fünfunddreissig griechische Papyrusbriefe aus der Spätantike, Corpus Papyrorum Raineri (CPR) XXV, (München - Leipzig, 2006), 58–63.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
6/1/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00518 | Saints, unnamed | Certain |
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