Fragment of a letter about payments to a stationarius TM 32922unbekanntIV

Fragment of a private letter from the 4th century AD dealing with payments of sums counted in myriads, including one to a stationarius (a police or toll post official), and mentioning the place Ibis. It ends with a farewell wish and a date by indiction on Phamenoth 3.

In English machine translation

A stationarius was a soldier or official manning a post (statio), often collecting tolls or keeping order. Sums in myriads reflect the heavy inflation of 4th-century currency; the unit is not stated in the surviving text, and 'Ibis' is probably a place name.

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