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Letter to Apollos about gold coins sent by Apa Sirios TM 35052Hermopolites, ÄgyptenVI

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A business letter of the 6th century AD from the Hermopolite nome, sent to Apollos, an official with the title epikeimenos. The writer has sent 71 solidi and 3 tremisses by Apa Sirios son of Symmachos and asks that the coins be handed to the weigher and a receipt returned by the same messenger.

In English machine translation

[verso] I have sent to your brotherly Brilliance, through Apa Sirios son of Symmachos, 71 solidi and 3 tremisses, and I ask that, these having been given to the weigher in your presence, and (?) […], you take the receipt for him and send it to me through Apa Sirios. This is what I write. I greet very much your brotherly Brilliance. With God, the archisymmachos is bringing (?) the money with the exchanging (?) high priests (?). † [recto] † To my master in all things, most brilliant, worthy of all honour, true friend and brother, lord Apollos, epikeimenos, † Pap…[…]

The words read as 'stēneimata' and the closing phrase about the archisymmachos and 'high priests' are obscure and the translation there is uncertain. An archisymmachos was a chief of the symmachoi, couriers or guards; a tremissis is a third of a gold solidus.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre privée). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · VI · Hermopolites, Ägypten

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