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[… ? lines lost …] […]…ρ[…]κ[…]…[…] θελήσῃς ὑποδέξασθαι, ἀναγκάζῃ τοῦτον συμβαλέσθαι εἰς τὸ προσορμοῦν τοῦ πλοίου. τὸ δὲ ἐπίσταλμα ὑπέγραψά σοι ἕνεκεν τῶν ἀπὸ Ταυρίνου ὑποδέξασθαί σε πάλιν παρʼ αὐτῶν κομίσαι. ἐρρῶσθαί σεεὔχομαι
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 16867
End of a letter about mooring a boat and people from Taurinos TM 16867unbekannt
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Fragmentary end of a letter in which the writer tells the recipient to compel someone to contribute toward mooring a boat, and mentions an attached instruction about people from Taurinos. It belongs to the archive of Flavius Abinnaeus, a 4th-century military commander at Dionysias in the Fayum.
In English machine translation
[…]
[…] if you wish to receive (him?), compel him to contribute to the mooring of the boat. I have subjoined the instruction for you concerning those from Taurinos, so that you may receive and collect it again from them.
I pray for your health.
The beginning of the letter is lost, so sender and addressee are not preserved. Ἐπίσταλμα is an official instruction or order, here appended beneath the letter.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.