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A short letter from the Arab amir Zubayd son of Hudayj to Papas, pagarch of Apollonos Ano (Upper Apollonopolis), about the man carrying the letter. Papas is to arrange his departure and take sureties so that he does not come back to the amir about the matter. It dates to the late 7th or early 8th century AD.
The Greek name Soubeeit son of Chedez renders the Arabic Zubayd ibn Hudayj. The restoration 'having taken sureties' at the end of line 3 is the editor's supplement.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Envoi d’un individu à Papas par l’émir Zubayd B. Hudayg). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] † ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ Θεοῦ, παρʼ ἐμοῦ Σουβηειτ ἀμιρᾶ πρὸς Παπᾶν τὸν πάγαρχον Ἀπόλλωνος Ἄνω· δεχομένη τὴν παροῦσάν μου ἐπιστολὴν ἡ μεγαλοπρέπειά σου, βλέπετε, τὸν ἀποδιδόντα τὴν παροῦσάν μου ἐπιστολὴν καὶ παρασκευάσατε αὐτὸν ἀπελθεῖν, καὶ λαβόντες ἐγγύας μὴ ἐάσητε αὐτὸν ἐλθεῖν πρὸς…
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