p.bodl.1.116
[… 2 lines lost …] … προσκύνησον … κύριον Κονσταντῖνον … προσαγόρευσον δὲ τοὺς θαυμασιωτάτους Σαμβᾶν καὶ Μαξιμῖνον καὶ Φοιβάμμωνα
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 38177
Closing greetings of a private letter TM 38177unbekanntVI - VII
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End of a private letter from Byzantine Egypt in which the writer sends respects to a certain Konstantinos and greetings to the most admirable Sambas, Maximinos and Phoibammon. Only the closing greetings survive.
In English machine translation
[… 2 lines lost …]
… do obeisance … to the lord (?) Konstantinos …
and greet the most admirable Sambas and Maximinos and Phoibammon
"Do obeisance" renders proskynein, a formula of respectful greeting toward a superior; "most admirable" (thaumasiotatos) is an honorific epithet.
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.