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A Christian letter of recommendation, probably from a church leader, addressed to fellow clergy everywhere, asking them to receive in peace a woman named Germania who is travelling and needs assistance. It dates to the 4th century AD and comes from Oxyrhynchus.
The beginning, with the sender's name, is lost. The abbreviated words are read as Emmanuel and a numerical cryptogram for Amen (99), a common Christian closing.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Christian Letter of Introduction). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[… ? lines lost …] …[…]…[…] τοῖς κατὰ τόπον ἀγαπητοῖς ἀδελφοῖς καὶ συνλειτουργοῖς. τὴν θυγατέρα ἡμῶν Γερμανίαν, ἐπικουρίας δεομένην, παραγινομένην πρὸς ὑμᾶς προσδέξασθε ἐν εἰρήνῃ, διʼ ἧς ὑμᾶς καὶ τοὺς σὺν ὑμῖν ἐγώ τε καὶ οἱ σὺν ἐμοὶ προσαγορεύομεν. Ἐμμανουήλ. ἀμὴν. ἐρρῶσθαι ὑμᾶς …
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