Fragment of a letter concerning 12 solidi and a security TM 38170unbekanntVI - VII

Fragment of a private letter of the 6th-7th century AD addressed respectfully to a superior ("your lordship"). It concerns a sum of 12 solidi, a security connected with a husband, and a request that the addressees examine a dispute and obtain a guarantee, since the writer's household depends on it.

In English machine translation

The nomisma (solidus) was the standard Byzantine gold coin. "Your lordship" (despoteia) is a courteous form of address to a social superior.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Private 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.