Fragment of official correspondence concerning a court TM 78486Lycopolis (?)Second century BCE

A small fragment of an official document, apparently connected with a court of law, from the second century BC, possibly from Lycopolis. Only scattered words survive, including mention of sons, an overseer (epistates), a man named Lykon and a council or court session (synedrion).

In English machine translation

The word synedrion can mean a council or a court session; the catalogue describes the text as correspondence of a law court. The provenance is uncertain.

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