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A short letter from Athanasios, a man of illustrious rank, to the notary Senouthios, urging him to recover the goats belonging to Athanasios' 'brother', the duke, from a Saracen at Sinkere and return them, or else supply equivalent animals from Boou or elsewhere. It comes from the Hermopolite nome.
'Brother' probably expresses courtesy between officials rather than kinship; 'Saracen' refers to an Arab. Senouthios is known elsewhere as notarius and anystes, an official of the Arab-period administration.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Athanasios a Senouthios notarios (e anystes). Per la restituzione delle capre del duca). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] † † πάντα τρόπον ποιήσῃ ἡ λαμπρότης σου καὶ ἀποσπάσῃ τὰ αἰγίδια τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ μου τοῦ εὐκλεεστάτου δουκὸς ἐκ τοῦ Σαρακηνοῦ τοῦ ὄντος εἰς Σιγκερὴ τοῦ λεγομένου ἀπὸ Πελοολε καὶ ἀποκαταστήσῃ αὐτὰ καὶ παραδώσῃ ἐν τῷ κάτω Νείλου, ἀλλὰ τὸ ἴσον αὐτῶν κἄν ἀπὸ τῆς Βωου κἄν ἀπὸ ἄλλου τόπ…
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