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A letter of appeal from Kosmas to his master George, the deputy landowner, written in the Arsinoite nome in the 7th century AD. Kosmas says he has been in prison for 18 months because of a creditor acting under Jewish law (?), and begs for mercy, offering to leave the city or to provide guarantors.
The antigeouchos was the agent or deputy of a great landowner. The phrase rendered 'by the law of the Hebrews' suggests a Jewish creditor, but its exact sense is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as p.lond.1.113_12D). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
† τῷ ἐμῷ ἀγαθῷ δεσπότῃ καὶ θεοφυλάκτῳ κυρίῳ Γεωργίῳ σὺν θεῷ ἀντιγεουχῳ Κοσμᾶς ὑμέτερος δοῦλος τὸ ἔλεος σου καταλάβῃ με ὅτι ἀπέθανον ἐν τῇ φρουρῷ ταύτῇ ἰδοῦ ιη μῆνες ὁ χρεώστης ἐφόνευσεν με θεσμῷ Ἑβραίων φώτισόν με τὸ ἅπαξ τοῦτο καὶ ἐὰν θέλῃς με ἀναχωρῆσαι ἀπὸ τῆς πόλεως ταύτης ἀν…
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