Letter concerning a woman, Phoibammon's appeal and a payment from Hadrian TM 36949Aphrodites Kome? (Antaiopolites)VI

A fragmentary Christian letter of the 6th century AD, probably from Aphrodito, addressed to a 'brother'. The writer asks for written instructions about a woman holding some item and about cash, reports that Phoibammon begged for help in petitioning the numerarius, and acknowledges receipt of 5,000 talents of silver from Hadrian.

In English machine translation

The numerarius was an accounting official in the late Roman administration; 'talents of silver' refers to the heavily inflated money of account of the period. The word 'chamomile' on the verso appears to be an unrelated jotting, and the address names 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 Letter). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.