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A Christian-era private or business letter asking the recipients to collect two gold coins from a deacon at Narmouthis and grain from a certain Phoibammon, and to pass a message to Elias about the costs of a petition. It ends with greetings to family members and the hope that the writer will travel with the new governor. It dates from the 4th to 7th century AD.
The opening address and the writer's name are lost, and the line about the petition's expenses is grammatically obscure. The letter switches between singular and plural addressees; ἀφθόν⟨ῳ⟩ ('plentiful') may be an error for a different epithet of the household.
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.
καὶ ἄλλοτε γεγράφηκα ὑμῖν ὥστε πέμψητε εἰς Ναρμοῦθιν καὶ δέξησθε τὰ δύο χρύσινα παρὰ τοῦ διάκονος. εἰ δὲ τοῦτο ἐποίησας, γράψον μοι ἐνταῦθα. καταξιώσητε οὖν πέμψατε πρὸς Φοιβάμμωνα καὶ δέξησθε παρʼ αὐτοῦ σῖτον καὶ μάθητε τί λαμβάνεται παρʼ αὐτοῦ. μετάδος δὲ τῷ κυρίῳ Ἠλίᾳ τῷ ἀδελφ…
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