The only surviving handwriting of an Emperor Theodosius II, 425-430 AD [900×600]

December 17, 2025

Apparently the emperor wrote, “…bene valere te cupimus”, i.e. “…we desire that you be well.”

The document is translated for us in B. Porten &c, The Elephantine Papyri in English, 1996, p.441, entry D 19.

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