p.cair.masp.1.67073
[r] † ἐὰν μηδέποτε ὠχλήθησαν […] γραμματηφόρος μηδε[…] [v] […]Ἀπολλῶτι πρωτοκωμήτῃ Ἀφροδίτης παρὰ Ἰωάννου
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 36815
Fragment of a letter from Ioannes to Apollos, protokometes of Aphrodite TM 36815Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)VI
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Fragment of a letter from Ioannes to Apollos, the village headman (protokometes) of Aphrodite. Only a few words of the body survive, apparently about people not being troubled and a letter-carrier. It dates to the 6th century AD and comes from Aphrodite in the Antaiopolite nome.
In English machine translation
[recto]
† if they were never troubled […]
letter-carrier (?) […] not […]
[verso]
[…] to Apollos, protokometes of Aphrodite,
from Ioannes
A protokometes was a leading village official, roughly a headman. Apollos is probably the father of the well-known Dioskoros of Aphrodite.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment de lettre). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.