Letter concerning requisitions for Babylon from Hermopolite villages TM 129763Hermopolites

Fragmentary letter from the Hermopolite nome concerning requisitions for Babylon (Old Cairo), mentioning a further 100,000 units to be sent at once and listing villages that were to contribute. The writer complains of exhaustion and that the addressee has not written to him.

In English machine translation

The listed names (Areos, Opheos, Telaeos, Timotheos, Ibion, Sinkere) appear to be village names in genitive form rather than personal names. Babylon here is the fortress at Old Cairo, a centre for requisitions in the early Arab period.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettera relativa a requisizioni per Babylon). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.