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A letter from Ioannes to his 'brother' Rufinus, a man of rank, asking him to track down and secure Ioannes' farmers who are at the monastery of Taule, so that he can collect what they owe him. If Rufinus detains them, he is to write back. It dates to the late 6th century AD and comes from the Hermopolite nome.
The letter works like an informal summons order (mandat d'amener) for tenant farmers who owe their landlord. 'Brother' and 'your brotherly Splendour' are courtesy forms of address, not necessarily signs of kinship.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre privée comportant un mandat d'amener). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] † καθὼς ᾔτησα τὴν σὴν ἀδελφικὴν λαμπρότητα ζητῆσαι τοὺς γεωργούς μου τοὺς ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ μοναστηρίῳ Ταύλη, καταξιώσῃ παντὶ τρόπῳ αὐτοὺς διασφαλίσασθαι ἵνα εὕρω τὰ χρεωστούμενά μοι παρ’ αὐτῶν λαβεῖν, ἵνα καὶ ἐν τούτῳ εὐχαριστήσω αὐτῇ. ἐὰν δὲ κρατήσῃς αὐτούς, θέλησον γράψαι μοι. † …
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