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Letter to Apa Ioannes requesting a tremissis TM 220185Theben

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Fragmentary Coptic letter on an ostracon addressed to Apa Ioannes, asking him to send a tremissis (a gold coin worth one third of a solidus) because it is urgently needed, and mentioning trouble, papyrus and a deadline. It comes from the Theban region.

In English machine translation

[…] first […] […] I greet […] […] Apa Ioannes, [be so kind as to] […] [send] the tremissis, [for] it is needed. Do not let the trouble go […] I did not […] [for] you know that the trouble is hard. [If] you need papyrus (?) […] […] find measure (?) […] I will […] give to you. I gave you a deadline for them; do not delay (?) […] for I need it. [Deliver it to] Apa Ioannes.

The tremissis was a gold coin worth one third of a solidus. 'Skylmos' here means trouble or bother; the reading 'papyrus' (chartes) depends on a damaged context.

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.

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