. Light from the ancient East; the New Testament illustrated by recently discovered texts of the Graeco-Roman world. leadhad been folded :— ^epev^ t? TOP Kepafi-ov Toy yvrpiKov •diroSovai^ Be Navtriai fj 0paC7VK\7Jl fj ff vl&i. To be taken to the earthen-ware pottery market;* tobe delivered to Nausias or toThrasycles or to his son. On the inside, and with the lines running in theopposite direction, is the salutation ° and the text * Inscriptionei Graecoje, III, Pars III. Appendix inscriptionum Atticarum:defixionum tabellae in Attica regione repertae, 1897, p. lif. Jahreshefte des Osterieichisc
. Light from the ancient East; the New Testament illustrated by recently discovered texts of the Graeco-Roman world. leadhad been folded :— ^epev^ t? TOP Kepafi-ov Toy yvrpiKov •diroSovai^ Be Navtriai fj 0paC7VK\7Jl fj ff vl&i. To be taken to the earthen-ware pottery market;* tobe delivered to Nausias or toThrasycles or to his son. On the inside, and with the lines running in theopposite direction, is the salutation ° and the text * Inscriptionei Graecoje, III, Pars III. Appendix inscriptionum Atticarum:defixionum tabellae in Attica regione repertae, 1897, p. lif. Jahreshefte des Osterieichiscben Archaologischen Institutes in Wien, 7(1904) p. 94 ; On the infinitive absolute cf. p. 75, n. 4 above. * At Athens. In the commentaries on the letters of St. Paul the salutation which servesas introduction to the body of the letter is generally spoken of as the is not correct: the address, as shown by tins letter, the oldest that hascome down to us, was written on the outside or on the cover of the folded ?? ^^^ BHj k ?^^^Sfl ^^^^^m w i jJkv^ 0^ /-i -^ ^ ^i^ f ^ ^9H^ .*. Fig. 14. Fig. 15. The Oldest Greek Letter yet discovered, Address (Pig. li) and Text (Fig. 15): Mnesiergus ofAthens to his Housemates. Leaden tablet, 4tli cent. Now in the Berlin Museum. By per-mission of the Imperial Austrian Archaeological Institute. [p. 148 ILLUSTRATED BY THE NEW TEXTS 149 of the letter proper (Figure 15). It seems thatMnesiergus was in the country and had probably-been surprised by a sudden frost:— Ml/IJ (716/370? iwia-TeXe toi9 oikoi Xaipev Kal vyiaivev^ Koi avTo<i owTQ)9 e^aa\ic\e %Tir/aa-fia ei^ Tt jSoXetrre <B9 evTeXeffTd^ray^ Kal fir] (Ti<Tvp(cra<;Kal KaTvfiara: Tvxpv djro- Mnesiergus sendeth to themthat are at his house greetingand health and he saith it isso with him. If^ ye bewiUing, send me some covering,either sheepskins or goat-skins,* as plain as ye have,and not broidered with fur,and shoe-soles : upon occasionI will return them
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