p.cair.masp.1.67083
[r] μὴ συγχωρήσῃ ἡ σὴ εὐδοκίμησις[…] ἀνθρώπου αὐτοῦ ἄχρι ς[…] πρᾶγμα αὐτοῦ μετὰ ς[…] [v] […] πρωτοκωμήτῃ † Μηνᾶς
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 36825
Fragment of a letter to a village headman from Menas TM 36825AntaiopolisVI
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Small fragment of a letter from the Byzantine period, asking the addressee, styled with an honorific, not to permit something concerning a man and his affair. The verso bears part of an address naming a village headman (protokometes) and the sender (?) Menas.
In English machine translation
[recto]
let your [excellency] not allow […] of his man until […] his matter with […]
[verso]
[…] to the protokometes (?) † Menas
A protokometes was a leading village official in Byzantine Egypt; the title is restored here. The honorific 'your excellency' (eudokimesis) is also restored.
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.