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Fragment of a sixth-century letter from Aphrodito addressed to a 'brotherhood', acknowledging receipt of a letter and asking that plenty of grain be sent to the harbour. The address on the back mentions a protokometes (village headman).
'Your brotherhood' is a courteous form of address between equals. A protokometes was a leading village official.
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.
[r] τὰ γράμματα τῆς ὑμῶν ἀδελφότητος ἐδεξάμην[…] πεμφθέντα μοι. φροντίσῃ ἡ ὑμετέρα ἀδελφότης[…] πέμψαι πολὺν σῖτον εἰς τὸν ὅρμον· καὶ ἐλπίζω εἰς τ[…] μοι ἐνταῦθα τὰς χρείας ὑμῶν ἀποπληρῶν […] εὐρέθην καὶ οὐκ ἠνέσχετο τοῦτον. ἔχει ὁ φίλος αλλ[…] τούτῳ γὰρ πάντως ἔπεμψα ὑμῖν διὰ τῆ…
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