One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 35078

Fragment of a letter mentioning a teacher's fee (?) TM 35078unbekanntV

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A small fragment of what seems to be a letter, preserving only scattered phrases: the writer calls the lord to witness, mentions putting something into certain items, and urges the recipient not to neglect something, possibly connected with a teacher or teaching fee. It dates to the 5th century AD.

In English machine translation

[…] … of the lord I bear witness [… 2 lines lost …] […] … I put into them otherwise (?) […] teacher's fee (?); so do not neglect […] [… 1 line lost …] [… ? lines lost …]

The word restored as didaskalion can mean a school, a teacher's fee, or instruction, so its sense here is uncertain. The exhortation "do not neglect" is typical of letters.

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.

p.iand.6.127

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · V

[…]… τοῦ κύριου μαρτυρῶ [… 2 lines lost …] […]… ἔβαλον εἰς αὐτὰ ἀλλως […]διδασκαλιον· μὴ οὖν ἀμελήσῃς[…] [… 1 line lost …] [… ? lines lost …]