Line endings of a Byzantine letter addressed to a 'master', mentioning a cargo, stewards (epitropoi), a further 2,000 units and the remainder left over, with a pious wish that God in heaven may provide. It probably dates to the 6th century AD and comes from the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
[recto]
[…] of the cargo which they brought
[…] they received(?)
[…] just now into the
[…] today the stewards
[…] they received(?) that another 2,000
[…] the things left over
[…] and the allies(?) […]
[…] from the number
[…] younger(?), so that it may agree
[…] thousands already exhausted(?)
[…] and there is need, master, where
[…] God in heaven may grant
[…] of the blessed
[verso]
† To my own […]
Only the ends of lines survive, so the connection between phrases is uncertain. 'Symmachoi' (allies) in late antique Egypt can also denote letter-carriers or messengers.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Zeilenenden eines byzantinischen Briefes). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.