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A fragmentary private letter from Philokles to Lysimachos, found at the Roman fort of Didymoi in Egypt's Eastern Desert. It mentions a little girl, a message through Diodoros, a debt still owed, three staters, and a request to send what is needed.
Philokles is known from a group of letters at Didymoi; the word translated 'little girl' (korasion) may refer to a slave girl or prostitute, a recurring subject in his correspondence.
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 Various Persons (Other than Kapparis and Sknips)). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Φιλοκλῆς Λυσιμάχῳ πλεῖστα χαίρειν καὶ διὰ παντὸς ὑγιαίνειν· οι[…] ἀνέβαινες πολλὰ […]…ν περὶ τοῦ κορασίου […]φώνησον συ διὰ Διοδώρου […]ατη μηνὸς ἀνέβη […] λοιπὸν οὖν ὀφείλει πάλι […]…ς πάλι πλήρη τὸν […] οἶδας καὶ σὺ ὅτι ο […]βε ἀνέχειν ἵνα […]ης τρεῖς στατῆρας […]… ἀνθρωπο ὃ ἂν…
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