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A Christian letter from Thonis to Herakleios, telling him that his son arrived safely on the 10th of Thoth and that Thonis will care for him like his own son and make him attend to his work. It dates to the late 3rd or early 4th century AD, probably from the Oxyrhynchite nome.
The son seems to have been placed with Thonis, perhaps as an apprentice or pupil; the phrase "in the presence of the Lord God" marks the letter as Christian. The end of the letter is lost, so the sense of the final phrase is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Christian 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.
[r] Θῶνις Ἡρακλήῳ τῷ φιλτάτῳ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὁλοκληρεῖν καὶ ὑγιαίνειν παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ θεῷ. γινώσκειν σε θέλω, ἄδελφε, ὅτι κατὰ τὴν ι τοῦ ὄντος μηνὸς Θὼθ ἐκομισάμην σου τὸν υἱὸν εὐρωστοῦντα καὶ ὁλοκληροῦντα διὰ παντός. τούτου οὖν τὴν ἐπιμέλειαν ποιήσω ὡς ἰ…
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