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Latin letter of recommendation from Vitalis, a financial official (rationalis), to Delphinius on behalf of Theophanes of Hermopolis in the Thebaid, a scholasticus travelling to the office of Dyscolus. It dates to AD 317-324; the end is lost.
The names Theophanes, Philippus and Dyscolus are largely restored by the editors; Theophanes is known from his travel archive. A scholasticus was an educated man, often a lawyer or advocate.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter of recommendation on behalf of Theophanes of Hermopolis from Vitalis, rationalis, to Delphinius). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
domino suo Delphinio Vitalis cum in omnibus bonis benignitas tua sit praedita tum etiam scholasticos et maxime qui a me cultore tuo honorificentiae tuae traduntur quod honeste respicere velit non dubito domine praedicabilis quapropter Theofanen oriundum ex civitate Hermupolitanor…
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