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[… 1 line lost …] … ἔγραψα τῷ ἐμῷ δεσπότῃ καθʼ ἃ κέλευσε[…] […]ἡ ὑμῶν μεγαλοπρέπεια Παλατίνῳ τῷ ἐπιστάτῃ ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ[…] [… 3 lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 36896
Fragment of a letter mentioning Palatinus, overseer in Alexandria TM 36896unbekanntVI
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A small fragment of a 6th-century letter in which the writer says he wrote to his master as instructed and mentions the addressee's "magnificence" in connection with Palatinus, the overseer (epistates) in Alexandria.
In English machine translation
[… 1 line lost …]
… I wrote to my master according to what he ordered […]
[…] your magnificence to Palatinus the overseer in Alexandria […]
[… 3 lines lost …]
"Your magnificence" (megaloprepeia) is an honorific form of address for high-ranking persons in late antique letters; the words "your magnificence" are restored by the editor. The epistates was a superintendent or manager.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre privée). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.