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A Coptic letter on an ostracon from Hello, a self-styled most humble man, to the priest Iakob, asking him to send camel-drivers to carry wheat up to the village of Trekatan, apparently for the public tax. It dates to the 7th century AD and comes from the Coptite region of Upper Egypt.
Trekatan is read as a village name; the Greek dēmosion here likely refers to the public (tax) account. The phrase translated 'some of anything' is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ostracon mentioning the village of Trekatan). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
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