Ô combien pure est ta lumière, Splendide promesse fière que tu fais à ma prière, Source de sage Clarté ! Ô dissipe ma tristesse Révèle-nous nos richesses : Les joyaux d'or de la Sagesse - O how pure is your light, Splendid proud promise that you make to my prayer, Source of wise Clarity! O dispel my sadness Reveal to us our riches: The golden jewels of Wisdom
This papyrus signed by Cleopatra grants tax exemption from sales of imported wine to the Roman businessman Publius Canidius, a friend of Mark Antony. At the bottom, in a rare example of her handwriting, Cleopatra herself added the Greek word "ginesthoi," "make it happen."
Cleopatra's papyrus
Reviewed by Laurence G.G.K
on
September 18, 2023
Rating: 5
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