Fragmentary letter listing expenses for petitions and officials TM 31433unbekanntIII

Fragment of a 3rd-century AD Greek letter, apparently reporting expenses incurred in a legal matter: payments for petitions, to slaves or servants, to a herald, and for freight, with a mention of the prefect. Only the right-hand portions of lines survive.

In English machine translation

The word paidia may mean slaves, servants or children; here likely attendants receiving tips. The reading 'advocates' (rhetores) is a guess from partial letters.

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