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Letter about sending the builder Chomos and other affairs TM 39123unbekannt

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A Christian letter from Late Antique Egypt to the writer's 'brotherly lordship', promising to send the builder Chomos with post-horses in four days once he finishes work begun for the agent Papatais. The verso deals with other matters, including something cut that Herakleides and Poimenis should not be allowed to remove.

In English machine translation

[recto] † I received the letter sent through Severos the […], and I rejoiced to learn from it of your auspicious condition. Concerning Chomos the builder: after four days I am sending him to you with post-horses, since four days ago Papatais the agent moistened the clay so that he might rebuild a small courthouse (?) […] wondering on his account, because he had a small courthouse (?) […] and only yesterday he made a start for Papatais. And through him with Severos […] God willing, as I said, after another four days I am sending him to you. I make obeisance to your God-guarded brotherly lordship, and through you [verso] to our God-guarded common brother and our common children. Up to the writing of the present letter I have not sent to the […] with our common child Apa Ioannes, but also […] but also clean. I beg you to order […] that they allow to be taken away from what has been cut […] they went up to cut yesterday. So let Herakleides and Poimenis learn your intention, that you do not allow (anything) from them. † In the month Phaophi, 14. † † To my own lords. †

The term 'dikasimon' is restored and uncertain; it may denote a small building used for hearings. The archive belongs to Apollos of Aphrodito in the 7th century AD, but no date record was supplied.

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 maçon et affaires diverses). 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 διὰ Σευήρου τοῦ […] γράμματα ἐδεξάμην, καὶ ἐχάρην μαθὼν ἐν αὐτοῖς τὴν αἰσίαν ὑμῶν κατάστασιν· περὶ Χόμος τοῦ οἰκοδόμου μετὰ τέσσαρας ἡμέρας πέμπω ὑμῖν αὐτὸν βερέδοις, ἐπειδὴ πρὸ τεσσάρων ἡμερῶν Παπατάϊς ὁ πραγματευτὴς ἔβρεξεν τὸν πηλόν, ἐφʼ ᾡ ἀνακτίσῃ μικρὸν δικάσιμον[…]…