Letter concerning land transfers and the monastery of Apa Sabouerios TM 36822Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)VI

Fragment of a sixth-century letter from Aphrodite in the Antaiopolite nome concerning transfers of small plots of land. It mentions the protokometes (village headman) of Aphrodite, some arouras of land, and the monastery of Apa Sabouerios, and asks the addressee to grant a favour. The verso address names two men called Victor, one a singularis.

In English machine translation

The protokometes was the chief official of a village. A singularis was a member of an official's staff serving as an orderly or messenger.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment d’une 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.