One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 121968

Letter to Lucillianus, cavalryman of an ala TM 121968From: unknownII CE

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Fragment of a private letter written to a cavalryman named Lucillianus serving in an auxiliary cavalry unit (ala). The writer, who calls him 'child', mentions letters and items sent and passes on greetings from a sister, children, a friend Phlys and someone named Appaph[...]. It dates to the 2nd century AD; its provenance is unknown.

In English machine translation

[recto] [… lines lost …] […] […] with the brothers […] and all your (people) […] […] addressing (?) […] by letter […] you wrote down […] and I sent (?) […] of Sarapas […] of this […] to me […] the younger […] I had sent […] to you, child […] your […] and to the […] I have sent you […] […]thallos (?) and […] your […] I have sent […]. Greets you the sister […] and the children of him […] and Phlys the friend […] Greets you Appaph[…] I pray for your health. [verso] [To …] Lucillianus, cavalryman of the ala of the Bucentes (?)

The unit name on the address, written abbreviated as 'ala Boukentio(n)', is uncertain in reading and identification. 'Thallos' may be part of a personal name or a word for a shoot or branch.

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 Private 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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · II · From: unknown

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