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A letter from Platon to the pagarch of Apollonopolis Ano (Upper Apollonopolis, Edfu) about caulkers demanded by the amir, the Arab governor. Platon complains of threatening letters, notes that some of the five men sent were really a shoemaker and embroiderers rather than caulkers, and asks that three caulkers be sent to him at once.
The amir is the Arab governor of the early Islamic period; caulkers were requisitioned for the fleet. The sarcastic 'you have two souls' implies the recipient risks punishment from the amir.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as De Platon: pour un prêt de trois calfats). 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] † ὄντως εἰ οιδε[…]λ[…] Λάτων……[…] τοῦ πανευφήμου ἀμιρᾶ περὶ τῶν καλαφατῶν νομίζω […] τοιαῦτα ἀπειλητικὰ γράμματα ἐδεξάμην περὶ τ[…] καὶ εἰ ἦν δυνατὸν ει… ἀνελθεῖν […] ἵνα μάθῃ ὅτι ἐκ τῶν πέντε καλαφατῶν τῶν πεμφθέντων παρʼ ἐμοῦ[…]… ὁ εἷς ὅτι καλιγάριός ἐστιν καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι δύο …
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