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Letter to a master about grain bought during a drought TM 39124unbekannt

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A fragmentary private letter in Greek from a subordinate to his 'God-protected master', mentioning abba Iosephios, the purchase of grain at high prices during a drought, a certain Severos, an embroiderer and a boat. It closes with respectful greetings and a date in the 9th indiction.

In English machine translation

[…] God-protected […] […] of abba Iosephios, but he said to my master […] […] 'You ought not to have taken the grain in such a drought at these prices' […] […] this did not suffice for you, so that […] […] the good intention of the lord to order that it be written to me, since […] […] the intention of the lord, not however also concerning the matter of the steward (?) […] to do this. Our brother the lord [Severos] told me […] craft, and the same lord Severos told me not to seek at all […] them into such a craft […] the embroiderer […] […] to take care of another boat so that […] if God truly so orders […] […] through this letter [I greet] the most honoured [feet] of my God-protected [master] […] the sweetest common children; the common […] does the same for me […] your servant [kisses] the most honoured feet of [my God-protected master] […] indiction 9.

The letter belongs to the Apollonos Ano (Edfu) archive of the 7th century AD. 'Kyros' and 'Kyris' here are honorific forms meaning 'lord', not personal names.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre privée). 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

[…] θεοφυλακτ[…] […] τοῦ ἀββᾶ Ἰωσηφίου, ἀλλὰ εἶπεν τῷ δεσπότῃ μου τῷ […]οὐκ ὠφείλατε λαβεῖν τὸν κόκκον ἐν τοιαύτῃ ἀνυδρίᾳ εἰς ταύτας τιμὰς […] οὐκ ἤρκησεν ὑμῖν τοῦτο ἵνα […] […]… τὸν ἀγαθὸν σκοπὸν τοῦ Κύρου κελεῦσαι γραφῆναί μοι, ἐπειδὴ […] τὸν σκοπὸν τοῦ Κύρου, οὐ μὴν καὶ περὶ τ…