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A private letter on an ostracon from Maximus to a 'brother' whose name begins Menn[…], found at the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert. Maximus confirms that he received 4 drachmas from Iustus, thanks his correspondent for arranging the delivery, and asks him to send things again through the same man.
The letter belongs to a group of letters sent or written by Maximus at Didymoi. 'Brother' may be a form of address between comrades rather than a sign of family relationship.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letters Sent or Written by Maximus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Μάξιμος Μένν[…]… τῷ ἀδελφῷ πλεῖστα χαίρειν· εὔχομαί σε ἰσχύειν· ἰσχύω δ’ ἐγὼ καὶ αὐτός. ἔλαβα ἀπὸ Ἰούστου δραχμὰς δ. καλῶς ἐποίησας, ἄδελφε, ὅτι ἐμέλησέ σοι πῶς κομίσῃ αὐτὸν καὶ τὸν ἄλλον. ἐὰν λάβητε πάλι δι’ αὐτοῦ μοι πέμψον. ἀσπάζου τούς σε φιλοῦντας πάντας.
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