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A fragmentary private letter from Theoteknos to Flavius Abinnaeus, whom he addresses as his lord and father. After greetings he asks Abinnaeus to remember something concerning a father, a payment and a witness, but most of the content is lost. It dates to the mid-4th century AD, probably from Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome.
Abinnaeus was commander of the military camp at Dionysias; 'father' is probably a term of respect rather than literal kinship. On the verso the writer deleted 'to my master' and rewrote the address.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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] κυρίῳ μου πατρὶ Ἀβιννέῳ[…] Θεότεκνος[…] προηγουμένῳ ἀσπάζομαι[…] σου τὴν ἀπ…[…] ἔπειτα μέμνησο[…] ὅτι πατὴρ […] ἀγνοῶν τ[…] φ[…]αν ισα[…] …ων δοσι[…] δώκαμεν κ[…] διδῶ καὶ τι[…] ζῶντος τοῦ η[…] ημη γὰρ καὶ ω[…]ἐμαρτύρησέ μοι υ[…] τιμὴν και[…] οὖν ποίησον […] με λυπιστεν[…] λι…
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