Letter listing officials appointed at the hearth and dispatched TM 31626unbekanntIII

Fragmentary letter instructing the recipient to collect certain persons or things from the bearer of the letter, and listing four men, including municipal officials (a former exegetes and gymnasiarch, a kosmetes and an agoranomos), who were appointed at the 'hearth' and dispatched that day. It dates to the 3rd century AD and is dated Pharmouthi 18.

In English machine translation

The 'hearth' (hestia) probably refers to a civic or sacred hearth where appointments were made; its exact sense here is uncertain. The Dioskoureion is a sanctuary of the Dioskouroi.

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