One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 145001

Fragmentary letter from Tiatitis to a brother TM 145001Didymoi

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Fragmentary private letter on a potsherd from Didymoi, a Roman fort in the Eastern Desert. It opens with greetings from Tiatitis to a brother, but only scattered words survive.

In English machine translation

[convex side] Tiatitis […] many greetings […] to her (?) brother […] you can […] if you have […] […] […] [concave side] […] Aptosan (?) […] to me […] […] […]

Tiatitis appears to be an Egyptian personal name. The word read as Aptosan on the concave side is of uncertain meaning, perhaps part of a name.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letters not Attached to a Group). 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.did.440

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Didymoi

[side convex] Τιατιτις …[…] πλεῖστα χαίρειν […] τῷ ἀδελφῷ […] δύνῃ εν …[…] ἂν ἔχῃς …[…] […]… α[…] [… ? lines lost …] [side concave] […] Απτοσαν […]…να μοι […]εν παρα […]…αν [… ? lines lost …]