One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219314

Letter concerning church affairs and balsam TM 219314unbekanntVI - VII

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Fragment of a Greek letter dealing with church affairs, mentioning the most holy church, a most glorious official, a debtor, and a matter concerning balsam. It dates to the 6th or 7th century AD.

In English machine translation

[…] to bring good news […] most holy […] […] and of every other […] […] the most holy church through […] […] with many cares […] […] let the […] assure her […]. Not moderately do (we?) ask […] having been handed over […] to the most glorious […] and […] trouble and in no way […]. For I do not doubt […] nothing of what is profitable […] as I indicated […] ecclesiastical (?) thus […] the one who owes […] with […] […] concerning the balsam, that […] the church […] not to hesitate […] […] […]

The left side and the end of the letter are lost, so only phrases survive. Balsam was a valuable aromatic resin used among other things in church ritual.

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

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · VI - VII

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