p.lond.4.1406
[… ? lines lost …] δεχόμενος οὖν τὰ παρόντα γράμματα […] […]πρὸς τὴν δύναμιν τῶν ἡμετέρων ἐνταγίων[…] […]ἔκπεμψον τῷ ἀποκρισιαρίῳ σου[…] […]παραδώσειν ἡμῖν[…] […] νοτινοῦ στάβλου[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 19853
Fragment of a governor's letter to the pagarch of Aphrodito TM 19853Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)709 - 714
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Fragment of an official letter from the Arab governor of Egypt to the administrator of Aphrodito, ordering him on receipt of the letter to act according to the governor's assessment orders and send something with his representative. It dates to 709-714 and comes from Aphrodito in the Antaiopolite nome.
In English machine translation
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[On receiving therefore the present] letter […]
[…] [in accordance with the tenor] of [our entagia (orders of assessment)] […]
[…] [send to] your representative […]
[…] to hand over [to us] […]
[…] of the southern st[able] […]
Most of the wording is restored from the standard formulas of the governor Qurra ibn Sharik's letters; an entagion was an official demand note fixing a tax or requisition.
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.