Lettre
Letter
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 38712
Letter concerning wheat, barley and payment of six solidi TM 38712Provenance unknown (Province of Egypt)VII A.D.
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 3 records across 3 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
Fragment of a Byzantine-period letter from Egypt dealing with wheat and barley and the receipt of 6 solidi from Apa Neilos, reported by a certain Phoibammon. It mentions a count (comes) and a most magnificent archon.
In English machine translation
[recto]
(cross)
[…] of your decency, and so that […] of these […]
[…] of the wheat and the barley. And Phoibammon informed me […]
[…] he received the 6 solidi from Apa Neilos the […]
[…] with himself, and, God willing, on his arrival […]
[…] he sends to you. God willing, we […] and […]
[…] and the good count, God willing, instructs in each case […]
[… 1 line lost …]
[…] of the most magnificent archon of the lower […]
[… 3 lines lost …]
[verso]
[…] God willing, to the house of my […]
One catalogue dates the letter to the 7th century rather than the 6th. The word ὑπεννομεν is unclear in the edition and is left untranslated.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.