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
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.
p.nyu.2.19
[r] [… ? lines lost …] […]…[…] σὺν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς[…]καὶ τοῖς σοῖς πᾶσι ε…[…] μενον προσφων-[…] διʼ ἐπιστολῆς[…] κατέγραψας […] καὶ ἐπεμψ…[…] Σαραπᾶτος φ[…] τούτου ων[…] μοι γραφη…[…] ὁ νεώτερος[…]ἐπεπόμφειν ς[…] σοι τέκνον […] σου καὶ τῶι […]ἀπέσταλκά σοι δ[…] θαλλον κα[…] σου ἀπε…