Fragment of a letter requesting ten persons and a tunic TM 117582unbekanntMitte - spätes III v.Chr.

Fragment of a Greek letter of the mid to late 3rd century BC in which the writer says he will meet Asklepiades and Nikanor the next day. He asks the recipient to send ten persons by night before the two men depart, and on the back asks for a tunic.

In English machine translation

The Greek sōmata (literally 'bodies') usually means slaves, but can mean persons or workers generally. The verb read as 'go out' is incompletely preserved.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of a 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.