p.iand.2.19
[… ? lines lost …] […] ὑπενέγκαι· ἐξ ἀνάγκης γὰρ ἀπέλυσα καὶ Ἰωάννην τὸν τ…[…]τ[…] […] εἰς ὅλους τοὺς ὅρμους· καὶ μὴ παρέλθωσιν διὰ πλοίων καὶ […] […] ἀνερχομένων· προφάσεις γὰρ θέλωσιν οἱ τῶν ὅρμων […] […] ἀλλʼ ὁ θεὸς ἔχει βοηθῆσαι †
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 37109
Fragment of a letter concerning harbours and boats TM 37109Oxyrhynchos (?)VI - VII
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Fragment of a Greek letter in which the writer mentions having released a certain John out of necessity and gives instructions concerning the harbours and boats, complaining that the harbour officials seek pretexts. It ends with a pious hope that God will help, and probably comes from Oxyrhynchus in the 6th-7th century AD.
In English machine translation
[…]
[…] to bear; for out of necessity I released also John the […]
[…] to all the harbours; and let them not pass by by means of boats and […]
[…] coming up; for those of the harbours want pretexts […]
[…] but God is able to help. †
The beginning of the letter is lost, so the writer, addressee and exact situation are unknown. "Those of the harbours" probably refers to harbour officials or guards.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragmentum epistulae). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.