p.louvre.3.242
[r] […]… ἔμαθον ὡς ἡ ὑμετέρα […]φυλακὴ ἀναπεθεσε […] ἵνα διοικηθῇ τὸ […] ὑμετέραν ἔνδοξον προστασίαν […] [v] † δεσπότῃ ἐμῷ τὰ πάντα ἐνδοξωτάτῳ πάσης τιμῆς καὶ προσκυνήσεως ἀξίῳ […]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 38545
Fragment of a letter to a glorious patron TM 38545ArsinoitesVI - VII
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Fragment of a Byzantine letter addressed to a high-ranking patron, mentioning that the writer has learned something about the addressee's care and asking that some matter be managed under his glorious protection. It comes from the Arsinoite nome and dates to the 6th or 7th century AD.
In English machine translation
[recto]
[…] I learned that your […] guarding (?) persuaded (?)
[…] so that the […] may be managed
[…] your glorious protection
[…]
[verso]
† To my master, in all things most glorious, worthy of all honour and reverence, […]
The verb written ἀναπεθεσε is unclear and may stand for a form of ἀναπείθω (persuade) or ἀνατίθημι; the translation is tentative. The address on the back uses standard honorific formulas for a Byzantine official or landowner.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Byzantinisches Brieffragment). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.