One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 39125

Letter concerning a slave, a pledge and a payment of 12 solidi TM 39125unbekannt

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Fragment of a private letter from Late Antique Egypt, apparently written by a subordinate to his master. It mentions the prefect and a curator, a slave held by a priest of Syene named Thomas, a settlement of 12 solidi, and the sale of a pledge to the Christians so the writer can be paid.

In English machine translation

[...] [...] of the prefect and of the curator; concerning the estates (?) [...] [...] ... [...] [...] such a purpose of his, nor did I consent to take [...] [...] to my master. Today, which is the 13th † [...] comes; I do not neglect diligence toward the longed-for [...] [...] in his matter. And lord Hatres told me [...] of a slave with a certain priest of Syene, Thomas [...] to make him content himself with 12 solidi [...] sell the pledge to the Christians and I am paid in full † [...] to buy. And my master wrote [...] through my humble letter [...] [...]

The beginning and end of every line are lost, so the connections between clauses are uncertain. The coin restored as nomismata refers to the gold solidus; the papyrus belongs to the archive from Apollonos Ano (Edfu), 7th century AD, though no date is given in the records supplied.

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

[… ? lines lost …] […]α τοῦ ἐπάρχου καὶ τοῦ κουράτορος· περὶ δὲ τῶν χωρίων […]εν εισδ…αι…[…] […]τὸν τοιοῦτον αὐτοῦ σκοπόν, οὐδὲ ἠνεσχόμην λαβεῖν […]α τῷ δεσπότῃ μου· σήμερον δὲ ἥτις ἐστὶν ιγ † […]έρχεται σπουδὴν οὐ παραλιμπάνω εἰς τὸν ποθεινὸν […]ραν εἰς τὸ πρᾶγμα αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐμοὶ…