p.apoll.55
[r] […]ἀπήντησα τῷ πλοίῳ τῶν γραμματηφόρων[…] […]τῆς ὑμῶν μεγαλοπρεπεστάτης ἀδελφότητος εἰς…[…] […] ἐὰν πεποίηται λάβετε αὐτὸ καὶ φιλοκαλέσατε[…] [v] […]… Παπᾷ τῷ[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 39114
Letter fragment mentioning the boat of the letter-carriers TM 39114unbekannt
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 2 records across 2 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
Fragment of a Greek letter in which the writer mentions meeting the boat of the letter-carriers and addresses the recipients as a "most magnificent brotherhood", asking them to take something if it has been made. The verso address names Papas, the well-known pagarch of Apollonopolis Ano (Edfu) in the 7th century AD.
In English machine translation
[recto]
[…] I met the boat of the letter-carriers […]
[…] of your most magnificent brotherhood to […]
[…] if it has been made, take it and attend carefully (?) […]
[verso]
[…] to Papas the […]
Papas is the pagarch whose archive was found at Edfu; no date or provenance came with the record, so these are inferred from the archive. "Brotherhood" (adelphotes) is an honorific form of address, not a literal family term.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment mentionnant le bateau des courriers). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.