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κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Ἀβραὰμ Ἰακῶβ Στέλ τεσσεράριος χαίρειν ἄποδος ἐξ ὧν ἀπέσχες παρʼ ἐμοῦ τὸ πορφύριον ἐπειδὴ χρείαν ἔχω.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34368
Letter from Jacob to Abraham asking for the return of purple TM 34368Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V
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A short letter on an ostracon from Jacob, a tesserarius, to his brother Abraham, asking him to return the purple (dye or purple cloth) he had received from him, because he needs it. It comes from Kysis in the Great Oasis and dates to the 4th or early 5th century AD.
In English machine translation
To my lord brother Abraham, Jacob son of Stel(?), tesserarius, greetings.
Give back, out of what you received from me, the purple, since I need it.
A tesserarius was a low-ranking military or administrative officer. The word porphyrion may mean purple dye, purple wool or purple cloth; the name Stel is abbreviated and its reading is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.