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Fragmentary letter asking for prayers and for six mules TM 397547Karanis (Arsinoites)IV

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Fragment of a respectful letter addressed to a 'master', praising his honour and kindness, asking to be remembered in his prayers, and requesting that he arrange to bring six mules. It dates to the 4th century AD and comes from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

[...] [...] the master has given, through whom also [...] [...] your honour, master, truly [...] [...] your nobility on every occasion [...] [...] to us, granting (us) our heart's desires [...] [...] that you remember us in [your prayers] [...] [...] which (I ask) you even without a reminder [...] [...] that you make haste to bring (?) six mules [...] [...] [...]

The request for remembrance in prayers suggests the addressee was a monk or cleric, but this identification is tentative. The restoration 'in your prayers' is the editor's.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter to a Monk?). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

DDbDP-text Full record →

p.cair.mich.2.24

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · IV · Karanis (Arsinoites)

[… ? lines lost …] […]ν δεσπότης δέδωκεν, δι’ οὗ και…[…] […] τὴν σὴν τιµιότητα, δέσποτα, ὡς ἀληθῶς […] […] τὴν σὴν καλοκαγαθίαν ἑκάστοτε […] […]υν ἡµῖν τὰ καταθύµια χαριούͅµενος […] […]αν σε µεµνῆσθαι ἡµῶν ἐν ταῖς σαῖς εὐχαῖς […] […]… ὅπερ σε καὶ ἄνευ ὑποµνήσεως […] […] σπουδάσῃς…