p.koeln.11.450
[…]ι χαίρειν. Ἁρμάχορος ὁ βασιλικὸς γραμματεύς […] […]…ον ἐπεσταλκέναι αὐτ[…]…[…] […]ν…[…]ψωνυ…[…]…ντα[…] […]ειν…πο…[…] […]…χ…ται[…]…η[…]χ…[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 112485
Fragment of an official letter mentioning the royal scribe Harmachoros TM 112485Herakleopolites214 - 210 v.Chr. (?)
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Fragment of an official letter mentioning Harmachoros, the royal scribe, and instructions he had sent. It comes from the Herakleopolite nome and probably dates to about 214-210 BC.
In English machine translation
[…] greetings. Harmachoros the royal scribe […]
[…] to have instructed (?) him […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[… ? lines lost …]
The royal scribe (basilikos grammateus) was a senior financial and administrative official of the nome. Only the opening lines survive in part.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Beamtenschreiben). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.