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Letter from Petechon son of Ammonios to a logistes TM 33323Kellis (Oasis Magna)IV

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End of a private letter from Kellis in the Dakhla Oasis, 4th century AD, written by Petechon son of Ammonios the teacher to a logistes. He reports that Agathemeros has not yet paid or handed something over, as he awaits a letter from Herakleios, and promises to write again.

In English machine translation

[r] [… lines lost …] […] to have been amazed. Concerning the other matter, the one with father Agathemeros: up to the present he has not yet given, awaiting the letter of my master Herakleios, and at whatever hour he gives, I will write again. Concerning whatever you wish, order me, as I do so gladly. I pray for your health for many years, prospering, my master. [v] […] to the logistes, Petechon son of Ammonios the teacher

The logistes was the chief financial officer of a city (curator civitatis). The address on the back may alternatively mean the letter is to the logistes from Petechon, son of the teacher Ammonios.

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

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p.kellis.1.69

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · IV · Kellis (Oasis Magna)

[r] [… ? lines lost …] […]τεθαυμακέναι. περὶ δὲ τοῦ ἄλλου τοῦ πρὸς τὸν πατέρα Ἀγαθήμερον· μέχρι τοῦ παρόντος οὔπω δέδωκεν προσδοκῶν τὰ γράμματα τοῦ δεσπότου μου Ἡρακλείου καὶ ᾗ ὥρᾳ ἐὰν δώσῃ πάλιν γράφω· περὶ δὲ ὧν βούλει κέλευέ μοι ἡδέως ἔχοντι. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοι…