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Letter of Theodoros to the pagarch Papas about the courtyard of the sailor Pheu TM 39083unbekannt

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A short letter from Theodoros to Papas, pagarch of Apollonos Ano, about a sailor named Pheu living at Antinoou, who complained that his courtyard had been taken. Theodoros considers this wrong unless Pheu receives another courtyard in exchange and his rights are protected.

In English machine translation

[recto] † Pheu the sailor, who lives in Antinoou, came here (saying) that, as a man of your admirable friendship, (someone?) [took] his courtyard. And as I think, he ought not to have done this, unless his courtyard is [exchanged] for him, and justice is preserved for him, and [he declares] the neighbours of his house […] [verso] † To the admirable, honourable friend Papas, pagarch of Apollonos Ano, † Theodoros † Concerning the courtyard of Pheu [the sailor].

The Greek of the first sentence is elliptical; who took the courtyard is not stated explicitly in what survives. Papas was pagarch of Apollonos Ano in the later 7th century AD, part of the Papas archive from Edfu.

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: l’affaire du batelier Phêü). 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] † Φῆϋ ὁ ναύτης ὁ καταμένων ἐν τῇ Ἀντινόου προσῆλθεν ὡς ἄνθρωπος τῆς περιβλέπτου σου φιλίας τὴν αὐλὴν αὐτοῦ ἔλαβεν. καὶ ὡς νομίζω οὐκ ὤφειλεν τοῦτο ποιῆσαι, πλὴν ἐὰν ἀλλαχθῇ αὐτῷ ἡ αὐλὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸ δίκαιον φυλαχθῇ αὐτῷ, καὶ τὰς γειτνίας τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ δηλώσῃ [v] † τῷπεριβλέ…