cpr.7.58
Κύριλλος ἄπα Θιοσεῖ Ἰωάννῃ ἀδελφῷ. οἴδατε τὰς ἐντολὰς, ἅσπερ ἐδεξάμην τῆς ἐμβολῆς χάριν. ὅθεν σπουδάσατε κατὰ τὴν προ [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 32544
Letter from Kyrillos to apa Thioseus and Ioannes about the grain shipment TM 32544HermopolitesIV - V
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Opening of a letter from Kyrillos to apa Thioseus and his brother Ioannes, reminding them of instructions he received concerning the embole, the grain shipment to the state, and urging them to act promptly. The rest is lost. It comes from the Hermopolite nome and dates to the 4th or 5th century AD.
In English machine translation
Kyrillos
to apa Thioseus (and) Ioannes, brother.
You know the instructions which I received for the sake of the embole (grain shipment). Therefore
make haste
according to the […]
[…]
The embole was the compulsory shipment of grain from Egypt to the imperial capital. The title apa suggests Thioseus was a monk or cleric.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Brief des Kyrillos an Thioseus und Johannes). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.