Letter of a strategos forwarding a circular from the procurator of Neapolis TM 31919Sebennytesfrühes III (?)

Official letter from Soter, strategos of the lower Sebennyte nome, to Theon, strategos of the lower Diospolite nome, forwarding a circular letter sent to the strategoi of several nomes by Junius Punicus, procurator of Neapolis. Only the opening survives; it was received on Thoth 15, probably in the early 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

The strategos (governor of a nome) was the chief civil official of a district. The procurator of Neapolis was the official in charge of the state granaries at Neapolis near Alexandria, so the circular probably concerned the shipment of grain.

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