E04286: Greek private letter of unknown Egyptian provenance mentioning a shrine (topos) dedicated to *Menas (presumably the soldier and martyr of Abu Mena, S00073); datable to the 5th century.

P.Alex inv. 209

0[ -ca.?- ] θαυμασιωτάτῳ καὶ
[  ̣  ̣  ̣ τ]άτῳ καὶ εὐ[λαβ]εστάτῳ κ(αὶ) περιβλέπτῳ
[κυ]ρίῳ ἡμῶν [π]α[ρὰ] Ωθεου γεούχου
[τ(οῦ) τό]που τ(οῦ) ἁ[γίου] Μηνᾶ· πρὸ μὲν πάντων
5
προσκυνο(*) καὶ ὑ(*)μνο(*) τὴν σὴν μεγαλο-
πρεπεστατω(*). κατὼς(*) ἔγραψει(*) ἡ ἀρετή σο[υ]
διὰ τῶν καμήλων οὐδὶς(*) κολυσεν(*) αὐτοῖ[ς -ca.?- ]
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ἔρρ(ωσο) πολλοῖς
χρόνοις


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