Letter from Paulos the primicerius to a princeps recommending an optio TM 37500HermopolisVI

A fragmentary Christian letter of the 6th century AD from Hermopolis, sent by Paulos, a primicerius, to a princeps. The writer thanks the recipient for news of his health and asks him to support a comrade, an optio, apparently over wine supplies for May and June; the letter also mentions the 'unholy Blemmyes' and a man named Zabas.

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Optio, princeps and primicerius are Latin military or administrative ranks used in Greek. The Blemmyes were a nomadic people of the Eastern Desert who often raided Upper Egypt.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Brief zwischen militärischen Beamten). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.