Conclusion of an official letter
End of a letter evidently from a higher official to a lower, urging him to send some object. The order is accompanied by threat in cae of carelessness on the part of the official addressed.
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Conclusion of an official letter with an order and a warning TM 31393UnknownIIIrd century A.D.
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The end of an official letter from a higher official to a subordinate, ordering him to send something on and warning that he will be held responsible if he is negligent or if anything owed is found unaccounted for. It dates to the 3rd century AD, from an unknown place in Egypt.
In English machine translation
[fragment a]
[…]
[…]
[fragment b]
[…] …omouros
[…] … ⟦likewise⟧
send on, knowing that
if you are negligent, or if anything is found that ought to have been accounted for,
the inquiry will be directed against you.
Year 7, Thoth 11.
The text dates itself to Year 7, Thoth 11 of an unnamed emperor. The scribe deleted the word 'likewise'.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Conclusion of an Official 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.
p.corn.48
[fragment a] τ[…] κ[…] [fragment b] το…[…]…ωμουρος μετ[…]π[…]π[…]…ρου διάπεμπε εἰδὼς ὅτι ἐὰν ἀμελήσῃς ἢ τί ἐὰν γνωθῆ ὄφειλον λογισθῆναι. ἡ ζήτησις πρὸς σὲ γενήσεται ἔτους ζ Θὼθ ια.