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Letter from Kallias to Kyrilla with good news about the strategos TM 29104OxyrhynchosII - III

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A private letter from Kallias to a woman Kyrilla, sending daily greetings before the god Apis and reporting good news: the strategos (nome governor) has been released to take up his office, so Dioskourides need worry no longer. He mentions being sent to Athribis by the royal scribe about a horse, and that a singularis (soldier messenger) also released the strategos of the Lykopolite nome and two others.

In English machine translation

Kallias to Kyrilla, his lady, greetings. Before all else I make your obeisance every day before the lord Apis, and that of Kyrillos son of Dioskourides and of Kyrillos son of […] Apoei[…]. For the basilikos (royal scribe) had sent me to Athribis on account of a horse, and Dioskourides passed me by. So I write to you, lady, about the good news, that the strategos has been released to (take up) his strategia. Let Dioskourides not be anxious about anything any more. For thus certainly a singularis came to the basilikos, and he too released along with him the strategos of the Lykopolite (nome) and two others. Greet all those in the house. Write to me about your well-being. I pray for your health, lady, prospering for many years. [verso] Deliver […]

A singularis was a soldier on detached duty, often used as an official courier; the basilikos is the royal scribe of the nome. The mention of Apis suggests the writer was near Memphis.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Callias to Cyrilla). 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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p.oxy.55.3810

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · II - III · Oxyrhynchos

[r] Καλλίας Κυρίλλῃ τῇ κυρίᾳ χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων τὸ προσκύνημα σου ποιῶ καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Ἄπιδι καὶ τοῦ Κυρίλλου Διοσκορούδου καὶ τοῦ Κυρίλλου …ου Αποει[…]ος. ἐπεπόμφει γάρ με ὁ βασιλικὸς εἰς Ἀθρῖβειν ἕνεκα ἵππου, παρῆλθέν με Διοσκουρίδης. γράφω σοι οὖν, κυρία…