p.cair.masp.1.67086
[r] […] […]ου στρατηλάτου καὶ ὡς λέγει Ἀντιφάνης ες[…] […] χρεωστεῖ Ἰακύβις ὁ υἱὸς […]ἀπαλλαγῆναι καὶ μηκέτι […]ητι Ἀριστοφάνους […]ἀπαλλάξῃς ἀναγκάζομαι […] […]ιου τὸ δὲ ἀναγκαῖον […] δέσποτα ὑγιαίνων [v] τῷ δεσπότῃ ……[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 36828
Fragment of a letter concerning a debt of Iakybis TM 36828Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)VI
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Fragment of a sixth-century letter from Aphrodito addressed to a 'master', mentioning a stratelates, Antiphanes, a debt owed by Iakybis the son, and Aristophanes. The writer seems to ask that someone be released from an obligation, saying he is otherwise compelled to act.
In English machine translation
[recto]
[…] […] of the stratelates, and as Antiphanes says […]
[…] Iakybis the son owes
[…] to be released and no longer
[…] of Aristophanes
[…] you release ⟦him⟧, I am compelled
[…] […] but the necessary thing
[…] master, in good health
[verso]
To the master […]
Stratelates is a high late Roman official title, often rendered 'general' or used honorifically. The left side of every line is lost, so the connections between clauses are uncertain.
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.