Fragment of a letter from a landowner concerning his steward TM 24960unbekanntI

Fragment of a private letter in which a landowner writes about a household servant who acts as steward of his property in a nome, asking the recipient to protect him and to keep watch over the farmers. It closes with greetings and dates to the 1st century AD.

In English machine translation

The word translated 'steward' (phrontistes) denotes a manager of an absentee owner's estate. 'Our [lady]' renders the feminine 'ἡ ἡμετέρα', probably the writer's wife or sister.

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