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Letter from Theodoros to the pagarch Papas about a requisition of 120 bracelets TM 39081unbekannt

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A letter from the notary Theodoros to Papas, pagarch of Apollonos Ano (Upper Apollonopolis), informing him that the amir has assessed his pagarchy for 120 bracelets or anklets, to be made ready quickly before the amir arrives at Antinoopolis. It dates to the early Arab period in Egypt.

In English machine translation

[recto] † Our lord the most glorious amir has made the apportionment of bracelets (?), and there has fallen to the pagarchy of your admirable friendship 120 bracelets. So please have these made with all speed, so that when the same most glorious amir comes up to Antinoou he may find them ready; for see, he has written to us about them. Let the sailors who […] supply these […] from the countryside. So, as I said before, have these prepared quickly. † Month Phamenoth 11, indiction 8 † [verso] † To the in all respects honourable Papas, pagarch of Apollonos Ano, † Theodoros, with God, notary † Concerning 120 bracelets

The Greek psellia means rings worn on arm or ankle; the French catalogue title takes them as anklets. The amir is the Arab governor, and Antinoou is Antinoopolis.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as De Théodoros: réquisition d’anneaux de cheville). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text

[r] † τὰ μέρη ψελλίων ἐποίησεν ὁ δεσπότης ἡμῶν ὁ εὐκλεέστατος ἀμιρᾶς, καὶ ἔλαχεν τῇ παγαρχίᾳ τῆς περιβλέπτου σου φιλίας ψέλλια ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι . λοιπὸν ταῦτα διὰ πάσης συντομίας ἐπιτρέψῃ γενέσθαι, ἵνα ἀνερχομένου τοῦ αὐτοῦ εὐκλεεστάτου ἀμιρᾶ εἰς τὴν Ἀντινόου εὕρῃ αὐτὰ ἐν ἑτοίμῳ· ἰδ…