P.Merton 2 93

Trismegistos: 33523

Transcription based on: Rees, B. R. “93. Private Letter (Christian).” Pages 170–172 in A Descriptive Catalogue of the Greek Papyri in the Collection of Wilfred Merton, F.S.A. Edited by B. R. Rees, Sir Harold I. Bell, and J. W. B. Barns. Vol. 2 of Merton Papyri. Dublin: Hodges Figgis, 1959.

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  1. [...].αι μη̣δ̣ενο̣ς̣ τ̣ω̣ν ει̣ς̣ τ̣ο̣ π̣ραγμα
  2. [προστε]τ̣αγμ̣[εν]ων [...]. α̣ιτου̣ντος αλ-
  3. [...]τ̣ω̣ ....[...]..η̣ και δια το̣
  4. [...].....[...]..ελθε μ̣η̣ δ̣ο̣κ̣ι̣-
  5. [...].[.]...[..] μ̣ο̣λ̣λ̣η̣ ..ε-
  6. [...]..[...].[...] ε̣ι̣τ̣ε̣ υβρι-
  7. [...].[..]ν̣ ου̣ν̣ σ̣υ̣
  8. [...].[..]ν̣ε̣[.]τ̣ιει̣..
  9. [...] επιστολιον
  10. [...] υιον ου
  11. [...] α̣π̣εσχετο ως κ̣αι ε̣π̣[ι]σ̣τ̣[ολ]ι̣ον σοι
  12. [...εγρα]ψαμεν εις το αρχε̣ι̣ο̣ν̣ τοις τετα-
  13. [γμενοις σ]υ̣νπαντα· και μα̣λ̣ιστ̣α̣ ε̣υ εχω̣ν
  14. [...κ]α̣τα τους νομου̣[ς] την̣ ενυβρι-
  15. [σθεισαν, η]ν δυνασαι μεν̣ εις οικον σου
  16. [...] ω̣ς και οι ‘αλ’λοι [ποι]· ει δε μη βουλει,*
  17. [εις την πα]ρεμβολην η οπου εαν δοκιμα-
  18. [σης...]. ελθων μεινον μονον ινα
  19. [...].εις υποβαλης γενεσθαι τα υπο-
  20. [...].ματα Ρουφου· εις τουτο παρεστω
  21. [...]μ̣ε̣τα π̣ασ̣ης προαιρεσεως, ινα
  22. [...].. των δαπανηματων εκ πλο-
  23. [ιου...]ος θελεις ευπορησεης, και ω[ν] π̣ρ̣α̣-
  24. [...]. ελευθερωθεις κατα παντα π̣ρ̣α̣-
  25. [...]..ν δυνηθης εν αναπαυσει συν̣
  26. [τοις φιλ]οις πασι διαγων διατελειν· εαν*
  27. [...].δ̣ι̣α τ̣η̣ς̣ π̣αρ̣ε̣μβολης ισελθ[ε]*
  28. [...].. ακαταστασιας και δυ-
  29. [...]....[...]ω δια θαλασσης
  30. [...]..ν̣ ε̣ν̣ε̣γ̣κ̣ειν· καιτοι και τα
  31. [...]μ̣ε πραγμ̣α̣τα ειμερωτερα*
  32. [...ασ]π̣α̣ζεται σε Σωζων πολλα
  33. [...]. οι ημετερ̣ο̣ι̣· ασ̣π̣ασαι Θεο-
  34. φιλον, Απολλω̣νιον, Λουκιαν και παντας τους ημ̣ε̣τ̣ε̣ρ̣ο̣υ̣ς̣. ε̣ρ̣ρ̣ω̣σ̣θ̣α̣ι̣ σ̣ε̣*
  35. εν κ(υριω) και εν ταχ̣[ε]ι̣ επανελθειν προς ημας ευχο̣[μαι].—*
  1. [...]... nọ oṇẹ ọf̣ the inṭọ ṭḥẹ ṃatter
  2. [which] ẉas coṃṃ[and]ed [...]. ẉḥọ aṣks ..
  3. [...].. ....[...]... and through thẹ
  4. [...].....[...]..come ṇọṭ ....
  5. [...].[.]...[..] ..... ...
  6. [...]..[...].[...] ẉḥẹṭḥẹṛ ....
  7. [...].[..]. therefoṛẹ ỵọụ
  8. [...].[..]..[.]......
  9. [...] short letter
  10. [...] son not
  11. [...] ṛẹc̣eived in full as ẹṿen ṣḥọ[r]ṭ [le]ṭṭer to you
  12. [...we ha]ve written in the documẹṇṭṣ to those put in
  13. [charge of] ẹṿerything· And espẹc̣ịallỵ g̣ọod havịng
  14. [...acco]ṛḍing to the laẉ[s] of ṭḥọṣẹ who have been
  15. [insulted, wh]ich you are able into house of you
  16. [...] ạs even the ‘oth’ers· if otherwise not you wish,*
  17. [into the ba]rracks which where if you may acc-
  18. [ept...]. having come remain only so that
  19. [...].... you may secretly instigate to become the ...
  20. [...]..... Rufus· Into this he is available
  21. [...]ẉịth ạlḷ commitment, so that
  22. [...].. of the expenses from the b-
  23. [oat...].. you want facilities, and wh[ich] ...
  24. [...]. being set free according to all ...
  25. [...]... you may be able in repose wiṭḥ
  26. [the frie]nds all leading away continually· If*
  27. [...].ṭḥṛọugh ṭḥẹ ḅaṛṛacks he went i[n]*
  28. [...].. confusion and ..
  29. [...]....[...]. by the sea
  30. [...]... ṭọ c̣ạṛry· And yet even the
  31. [...].. affạịrs tame/calm*
  32. [...gr]ẹẹts you Sozon much
  33. [...]. those of ụṣ· Gṛẹẹt Theo-
  34. philus, Apollọnion, Lucian and all those of ụṣ. F̣ạṛẹẉẹḷḷ ṭọ ỵọụ*
  35. in the L(ord) and in quic̣ḳ[ne]ṣṣ return to us I prο|[ay].—*

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