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Letter from Athanasios to the notary Senouthios about Senouthios the dioiketes TM 129785Hermopolites

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Fragment of a letter from the illustris Athanasios to Senouthios, a notary, concerning Senouthios the most illustrious dioiketes. It comes from the Hermopolite nome in Late Antique or early Arab-period Egypt.

In English machine translation

[recto] † Senouthios, the most illustrious dioiketes […] […] [… ? lines lost …] [verso] […] to Senouthios, notary, † Athanasios, illustris

A dioiketes was a high financial administrator. The address on the back reads 'to Senouthios, notary', while the HGV title also calls him anystes, an official title in the Arab-period administration.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Athanasios a Senouthios notarios (e anystes). A proposito di Senouthios dioiketes). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

cpr.30.30

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Hermopolites

[r] † Σενοῦθις ὁ λαμπρότατος διοικητής […] […]…[…] [… ? lines lost …] [v] […] Σενουθίῳ νοταρίῳ † Ἀθανάσιος ἰλλούστριος