Fragmentary letter or statement concerning a payment of gold and its receipt, involving Antinoos and Dioskoros, a refuge taken in the village of Skinepoei, a holy monastery, and a boat journey to Antaiopolis. It dates to the 6th century AD, probably from the region of Lykopolis.
In English machine translation
[fragment A]
[...]
[...] [...]
[...] [...] of the receipt for the gold [...]
[...] Antinoos and Dioskoros in every [...]
[...] Snei (?) that you should bring us the gold, and he said that the gold [...]
[... at Skine]poei so that I may give it to you, but in my house there are some [...]
[...] for I take refuge in the village of [Skine]poei because of the [...] that happened
[...] of the [...] who paid the penalty [...]
[...] of his son-in-law, as having bought [...]
[...] from the holy monastery of the [...]
[...] city, and to this I said [...]
[...] we are seeking what is ours [...]
[...] with you into the boat [...]
[...] and indeed he embarked with us [...]
[...] we [...] to Antaiopolis [...]
[...]
[fragment B]
[...]
[...] of the village [...]
[...] the sailor [...]
[...]
The village name Skinepoei is partly restored. The provenance is uncertain; the Lykopolite nome is only suggested.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.