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A private letter of the 6th century AD from Oxyrhynchus, written by a man to his mother and his pious sisters Theotima and Tarilla. He explains that he has left the monastery of Apa Sarous because he is being employed writing letters as a notary for the count at the praetorium, asks them not to worry and to pray for him, and gives some instructions about his clothing.
The meaning of mozikion, apparently an item of clothing, is uncertain, and the passage after the greeting is damaged and syntactically obscure. The writer's phrasing is irregular, so parts of the sense remain doubtful.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Byzantine Letter). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
πρὸ μὲν πάντων πολλὰ προσαγορεύω τὴν σὴν μητρικὴν διάθεσιν καὶ τὰς εὐλαβεστάτας μου ἀδελφὰς Θεοτίμαν καὶ Ταρίλλαν. επεις… …… ὅτι ὠλιγώρησας διʼ ἐμὲ ὅτι ἐξῆλθον ἐκ τοῦ μοναστηρίου Ἄπα Σαρους. ὠλιγώρησα οὖν. πέμπουσίν με εἰς τὸ πραιτώριον καθάπαξ πρὸς τὸν κόμιτα καὶ καθʼ ὥραν γράφω…
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