Letter from Semthoembes to his supervisors Petesouchos and Soteles TM 23381Herakleopolites17 - 16 v.Chr.

A fragmentary private letter from Semthoembes to his supervisors Petesouchos and Soteles, written in the Herakleopolite nome in year 14 of Augustus (17-16 BC). Amid lost passages it mentions a memorandum, a delivery of up to 5 artabas, and urges that Petesouchos be brought to the writer's feast so that lasting security and peace may be secured.

In English machine translation

The sender's name is abbreviated and its exact form is uncertain. 'Supervisors' renders epistatai, a term for overseers or officials whose precise role here is unclear.

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