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A private letter on an ostracon from Philokles and Sknips to their 'brother' Kapparis at the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert. They ask him to look after a girl and report sending him the parts of a piglet and two bundles of asparagus for him and the girl.
The 'girl' (korasion) is probably a prostitute kept at the fort, a recurring subject in Philokles' letters. 'Brother' may be a form of address rather than a family tie; the proskynema is a customary greeting formula of prayer on the addressee's behalf, here before Pan.
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 by Philokles to Kapparis). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[side convex] Φιλοκλῆς καὶ Σκνὶψ Καππάρει τῷ ἀδελφῷ πλεῖστα χαίρειν· τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ παρὰ τὸν Πᾶναν. ἄδελφε· ἐρωτῶ σε καὶ παρακαλῶ ἔπε χε τὸ κοράσιον [… 2 lines lost …] γινώσκειν σε θέλω ὅτι … νυπα …[…] [… ? lines lost …] [side concave] ἔπεμψα ὑμῖν τὰ μέρη πάντα ἐκ τοῦ χοι…
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