Fragment of a letter to a royal scribe about an account TM 19337Ankyron (Herakleopolites)ca. 200

Fragment of a letter mentioning earlier correspondence, an account kept by the recipient, and a request to send a short note, with an address on the back to a royal scribe. It belongs to a collection of letters from Ankyron in the Herakleopolite nome, around 200 BC.

In English machine translation

The royal scribe (basilikos grammateus) was a senior Ptolemaic nome official responsible for records and accounts. The text is part of a letter collection, so the verso address may not belong strictly to this letter.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Briefsammlung). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.