Letter from a landowner of the shrine of Saint Menas about camels TM 35249unbekanntV

Fragmentary private or business letter of the 5th century AD from a landowner associated with the shrine (topos) of Saint Menas to a distinguished superior. It opens with deferential greetings and refers to the superior's earlier letter about camels, saying no one hindered them; the rest is lost.

In English machine translation

The topos of Saint Menas is probably the famous pilgrimage shrine of Abu Mina west of Alexandria. The sender's name, read Otheos, is uncertain, and the word translated "landowner" (geouchos) means a holder of an estate.

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.