One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 121971
Letter of the deacon George about the flight of a debtor at Takona TM 121971From: Euhemereia (?)I BCE
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A Byzantine letter from George, a deacon, to a chartularius, son of Phoibammon. George reports that Mousaios, son of Staurophania, who owed money for goods, has fled; he forwards Mousaios' letter and one from the lawyer Bakchos, who stood surety, and asks that Mousaios' letter be returned to him as evidence.
In English machine translation
[recto]
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† After leaving the city I shall reach Takona and go up to the monastery of Saint George and load (?) there. And I looked for Mousaios, son of Staurophania, on account of the money-payment for the things I handed over (?) to him; and I found that he had fled. And see, I have also sent to you the letter of his that was sent to me by him after he fled, so that you may read it, and also the letter of the lord Bakchos the scholastikos. For you know that he answered for him and that I hold his surety. And see, I have written a letter to the same lord Bakchos, that he come to Takona and inspect his property. So keep the letter of Mousaios and send it to me, so that I may keep it as evidence. †
[verso]
† To my God-protected master and brother […] son of Phoibammon […] chartularius, † George, deacon […]
The physical-object record describes a different text (a 1st-century BC letter from Euhemereia) and seems mismatched. A scholastikos was a trained advocate; a chartularius was an archivist or financial clerk.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter from a Churchman). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.nyu.2.22
[r] † † μετὰ τὸ ἐξελθεῖν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως φθάσομαι εἰς τὴν Τακόνα καὶ ἀνέλθω εἰς τὸ μοναστήριον τοῦ ἁγίου Γεωργίου καὶ γεμοῦμαι ἐκεῖ· καὶ ἐζήτησα Μουσαῖον τέκνον τῆς Σταυροφανίας χάριν τοῦ ἀπαργυρισμοῦ ὧν παραδο…σω ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ· καὶ εὗρον ὅπου ἔφυγεν, καὶ ἰδοὺ καὶ τὴν ἐπιστολὴν αὐτοῦ…