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Fragment of a letter of recommendation to Antiochos TM 129796unbekanntVI - VII

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Fragment of a Christian letter, apparently of recommendation, addressed to a certain lord Antiochos. The writer sends greetings and prayers and mentions sending someone to the addressee so that he may pay his respects. It dates to the 6th or 7th century AD.

In English machine translation

† 643 † […] above all I pray that you are in good health and well in every way with the Lord God. Next, I want you to know that we sent […] […] to your Love until the present month, trusting […] in your good soul, so that he may be able […] […] to pay respects to you […] […] [verso] To my master […] true […] lord Antiochos, from […]

The opening χμγ is a common Christian symbol, often read as an isopsephism of 'Christ born of Mary' (numerical value 643). Much of the wording is restored from standard letter formulas.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment d'une lettre de recommandation). 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.gen.4.174

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · VI - VII

† χμγ † […]. διὰ πάντων εὔχομαι ὑμᾶς ὑγιαίνειν καὶ ὁλοκληρεῖν παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ θεῷ. ἔπειτα γινώσκειν ὑμᾶς θέλω ὅτι ἐπέμψαμεν […] […]πρὸς τὴν ἀγάπην ὑμῶν ἕως τοῦ παρόντος μηνός, θαρροῦντες […]εἰς τὴν ἀγαθὴν ψυχὴν ὑμῶν, ὅπως δύνηται[…] […] προσκυνῆσαι ὑμᾶς […] […]…[…]…[…]…[…] [v] τῷ δ…