One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 131359

Letter from Serenos asking that something be provided TM 131359Trimithis (Oasis Magna)

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A short, damaged letter on an ostracon from Serenos to a man he calls lord and brother, asking him to provide something to a person whose name ends in -pianos. It comes from Trimithis in the Great Oasis.

In English machine translation

[To my lord brother] […], Serenos, greetings. […] provide to my lord […]pianos, but by all means […] I pray for your health for many years.

The recipient's name in the second line survives only as an ending (-pianos), perhaps a name such as Appianos or Olympianos.

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

o.trim.1.310

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Trimithis (Oasis Magna)

κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ … Σερῆνος χαίρειν. […]… παράσχου τῷ κυρίῳ μου […]…πιανῷ ἀλλὰ πάντως […] ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοις.

Letter

Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · O.Amheida inv. 11113 · Trimithis (Oasis Magna)