Letter of introduction for a new appointee at Trikomia and Lysimachis TM 8764Unknown place of which depended Trikomia and Lysimachis, Themistou meris, Arsinoite nome, EgyptApril 16, 197 B.C.[?]

An official letter of introduction in which an official, probably Lysias, informs village officials and police guards that the bearer has been appointed to a post, probably as controller, concerning Trikomia and Lysimachis, and orders them to help him so that the interests of the royal treasury are not harmed. It dates to Year 8, Phamenoth 8, probably 197 BC, in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

The sender's name and the appointee's office (antigrapheus, controller) are largely restored. The date is uncertain, and the regnal year 8 is taken to fall in 197 BC.

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