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Letter to a magnificent master concerning the count Solon and soldiers TM 35935HermopolisVI

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A fragmentary letter or report from the 6th century AD from Hermopolis, addressed to a high-ranking 'most magnificent' master. The writers mention receiving letters from the count Solon, refer to a large number of soldiers, and ask for some action concerning an official (archon) and certain men.

In English machine translation

[recto] […] we received letters from […] the most magnificent [Sol]on […] by their authority, saying that […] we […] so that from such great […] the multitude of the soldiers of the […] our […] the count Solon seeks us […] magnificence to the most magnificent […] otherwise men and slaves […] we allowed (?). May it therefore please […] of the archon and to the men […] of the matter, and we pray for many years […] our master the count […] [… lines lost …] [verso] Deliver to our master the most magnificent […]

Classified as an official letter; 'count' (komes) and 'most magnificent' are honorific titles of late Roman officials and landowners.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Amtliches Schreiben). 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 · Hermopolis

[r] […]…η ἐδεξάμεθα γράμματα παρὰ […]Σόλων ὁ μεγαλοπρεπέστατος […]… αὐτῶν ἐξουσίᾳ λέγων ὅτι […]μεθα ἵνα παρὰ τηλικούτων […] πλῆθος τῶν στρατιωτῶν τῶν […]ἡμῶν ὁ κόμες Σόλων ζητεῖ ἡμᾶς […]μεγαλοπρεπείας τῷ μεγαλοπρεπεστάτῳ[…]…υγειν ἄλλως ἄνθρωποι καὶ δοῦλοι […] ἐνεχωρήσαμεν. καταξι…