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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 86841
Letter from Pesynte to John about a solidus to be paid in wheat TM 86841Memnoneia - Djeme (Thebes west)1. Hälfte VII
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from Pesynte to John, from western Thebes in the first half of the 7th century AD. Pesynte reports asking Dioskoros about a gold solidus (holokottinos) and asks John kindly to give it to Pausa, who will pay him in wheat.
In English machine translation
I, Pesynte, am writing to John: I went to Kalba(?) and asked Dioskoros. I said, "Are you the one who will take the holokottinos of wheat (?)" Do the kindness and give it to Pausa so that he may give it to me as wheat. For indeed he said to me, "You are the one who gives it." † Farewell in the Lord.
Deliver it to John, from Pesynte.
The holokottinos is the Byzantine gold solidus. The phrase rendered "of wheat" and the place name Kalba are uncertain readings; Pesynte is probably the well-known Theban bishop.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.