Fragmentary letter from Peteesis to his lord about wheat and sheep TM 30164unbekanntIII - IV

A fragmentary letter from a man named Peteesis to his lord, opening with a prayer to the Lord for the recipient's well-being. The surviving phrases mention wheat in artabas, public dues, persons named Pekysis and Paese, and a request to send sheep with strong men if they can be found.

In English machine translation

The abbreviated 'Lord' (Kyrios) in the opening prayer suggests a Christian writer. The text belongs to the papyri recovered from the cartonnage of the Nag Hammadi codex covers.

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