Fragments of a letter
Fragments of a letter addressed to the protocometes of Aphrodito. Address on the verso. Belongs to the archive of Dioscoros.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 18934
Letter to the protokometai Apollos, Charisios and Bottos TM 18934Aphrodites kome (Antaiopolites)c.AD 520-30
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Fragments of a letter addressed to Apollos, Charisios and Bottos, the village headmen (protokometai) of Aphrodito, of which only one line of the body and the address survive. It belongs to the archive of Dioscoros and dates to about AD 520-530.
In English machine translation
[recto]
[… lines lost …]
it is not possible to speak here about anything whatsoever […]
[verso]
[…] to Apollos and Charisios and Bottos, protokometai […]
Protokometai were the leading men of a village who were responsible for its administration and taxes. The title is partly restored in the address.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragments d’une lettre). 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.cair.masp.2.67199
[r] [… ? lines lost …] οὐκ ἔνι ἐνταῦθα λαλῆσαι εἰς οἷον δήποτε[…] [v] […] Ἀπολλῶτι καὶ Χαρισίῳ καὶ Βόττῳ πρωτοκωμήταις[…]