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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220200
Letter to brother Kyrikos concerning a solidus TM 220200Theben
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A fragmentary Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes, addressed to a beloved brother Kyrikos by a sender whose name is partly lost. It concerns a solidus (gold coin), apparently asking the recipient to do something regarding the money.
In English machine translation
[recto]
Please be so kind: if
you wish […] solidus
again […]
the solidus […]
so that […]
the good […]
to you. Farewell in the Lord […]
[verso]
[To …] beloved
brother Kyrikos,
from […]aris (?), this most humble one […]
The solidus (holokottinos) was the standard late Roman and Byzantine gold coin. "Most humble" (elachistos) is a conventional self-designation of the sender, often a cleric or monk.
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.