Letter from Menas, defensor of Kynopolis, to George the chartularius about allowances TM 37866Oxyrhynchus6th or 7th century

[recto] † † At the opening of my letter I make very many obeisances and greet your admirable brotherliness, praying to the Lord God to preserve it and grant it prosperity, and that I may be deemed worthy to do obeisance to it in person here. For the Lord God knows how I give thanks and pray for it, and how moreover […] the holy and good name in the midst of meetings, the graces (?) […] of it I speak to our common master, the most glorious illustris and antigeouchos […] of the remainder (?) found with him […] your good zeal (?) to make known to it the matter concerning the truth; this is easier […] and the Lord God knows it, master. I beg it to show towards me the […] and to prepare the customary allowances of food for the defensor for the time being, and for the present to have them given to Basileios the tabularius, so that he may send me here even a few of them, and I shall as usual give thanks to your admirable brotherliness. Forgive me, master, since your servant, my son, wrote this present letter. Having written this, I make very many obeisances and greet your admirable brotherliness until I see you. † [verso] † To my master in all things, admirable, worthy of all honour and obeisance, true friend and brother, George, comes, chartularius and administrator, † Menas with God, † defensor of Kynopolis […]