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A Christian letter of recommendation from the priest Zacchaeus to the priest Sansnos, asking him to receive their brother Herakleios. It dates to the 4th century AD and comes from the papyri recovered from the cartonnage of the Nag Hammadi codices.
The Greek title presbyteros, here translated 'priest', can also mean 'elder'. The middle of the letter is lost, so the details of the request are unknown.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter from Zaccheos to Sansnos). 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] τῷ ἀγαπητῷ μου ἀδελφῷ Σανσνῶτι Ζακχέος ἐν Κυρίῳ χαίρειν. ἐν πρώτοις ἀναγκαῖον ἡγησάμην προσειπεῖν σου τὴν ἔμφυτον ἀγάπην, ἔπειτα καὶ γράφειν σοι ἵνα προσδέξῃ τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν Ἡράκλειον παρ[…] προ[…]…[…] [… ? lines lost …] …[…] …[…] συνες[…] […]ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι, ἀγαπητὲ ἄδε…
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