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Koine Greek

ἀσπάζομαι ὑμᾶς καὶ προσκυνῆ κ̣[α]ὶ τὰ ἴχνη τῶν ὑποδημάτων ὑμῶν καὶ πάντων τῶν ὄντων μεθ’ ὑμῶν κατ’ ὄν[ο]μα. καταξίωσον οὖν λαβεῖν τὸ καν̣ώ̣ν̣[α] παρὰ τοῦ γραμματηφόρου καὶ τοῦτο ἀναγκα̣ίως γράψῃ {τ} ἡ σὴ εὐλάβεια ὅτι ὁ μακάρι̣[ο]ς ἄπ̣α̣ Ισάκ ἀπώλοιτο ἀπὸ ἕκτη τοῦ μηνὸς τούτου· διὰ τούτου οὐκ ἐδυνήθη βαλεῖν σκυλμὸν καὶ ἀπαντῆσαι τὸν ἄγ’γελον ὑμῶν, δέσποτα.

Latin

ἐπί(δος) τῷ ἀγαπητ(ῷ) μου ἀδελφ(ῷ) Κύρῳ παρὰ Κυριακ̣[οῦ] ἀδελφ(οῦ).

Translation

I greet you and worship and the footprints of your sandals and all those being with you by name. Therefore, grant me to receive the canon from the secretary, and this your piety must necessarily write that the blessed Isaac perished on the sixth of this month; for this reason, he was unable to throw a stone and to meet your angel, master.

To my beloved brother Kyrros from Kyriakos, brother.

Extracted Koine Greek Text

⳨ ἀσπάζομαι ὑμᾶς καὶ προσκυνῶ καὶ τὰ ἴχνη τῶν ὑποδημάτων ὑμῶν καὶ πάντων τῶν ὄντων μεθ’ ὑμῶν κατ’ ὄνομα. καταξίωσον οὖν λαβεῖν τὸ κανόνα παρὰ τοῦ γραμματηφόρου καὶ τοῦτο ἀναγκαίως γράψῃ ἡ σὴ εὐλάβεια ὅτι ὁ μακάριος Ἰσακ ἀπώλοιτο ἀπὸ ἕκτης τοῦ μηνὸς τούτου· διὰ τούτου οὐκ ἐδυνήθη βαλεῖν σκυλμὸν καὶ ἀπαντῆσαι τὸν ἄγγελον ὑμῶν, δέσποτα. ⳨

Greek Text (Abbreviations Expanded)

⳨ ἐπίδος τῷ ἀγαπητῷ μου ἀδελφῷ Κύρῳ παρὰ Κυριακοῦ ἀδελφοῦ.

English Translation

⳨ I greet you and pay homage even to the footprints of your sandals and to all those who are with you by name. Therefore, kindly grant that I may receive the rule (or measure) from the letter-carrier, and let your reverence urgently write this: that the blessed Isaac passed away on the sixth of this month. Because of this, he was unable to cast the net and meet your messenger, master. ⳨

⳨ Deliver (this) to my beloved brother Cyrus from (his) brother Kyriakos.