p.lond.5.1739r
[r] [… ? lines lost …] […] ἀπὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς ἕως τῆς ὑστέρας κελεύση δε[…] […]ερον τὰ τίμια ἴχνη τοῦ θεοφυλάκτου μου δεσποτου[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 39666
Fragment mentioning the footsteps of a God-protected master TM 39666unbekanntVII
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A small fragment of a 7th-century AD Greek document, probably a letter or petition, using deferential Byzantine language about the "honoured footsteps" of a "God-protected master". Only two damaged lines survive.
In English machine translation
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[… lines lost …]
[…] from the beginning to the last (?), [he/you] may order […]
[…] the honoured footsteps of my God-protected master […]
"The honoured footsteps" is a standard Byzantine courtesy phrase by which a writer humbly addresses a superior, typically in letters and petitions.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.