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A private letter from Kasis, a soldier, to his brother Tiberius, sending daily prayers before Aphrodite and asking for news about a kleros (allotment or inheritance). He asks Tiberius to give 26 drachmas for a tunic to his fellow soldier Lucius, who is coming up from the fort, so that the tunic can be brought to him.
Kleros can mean an allotted plot of land, an inheritance, or a lot drawn; its sense here is unclear. Praesidium refers to a small military fort on the desert road; probole may refer to an escort or patrol.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as South-West Corner). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Κάσις Τιβερίῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ πολλὰ χαίρειν καὶ τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ καθ’ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν παρὰ τῇ κυρίᾳ Ἀφροδίτῃ. ἐὰν ἀκούσῃς καινότερον περὶ τοῦ κλήρου ἵνα καὶ ἐμοὶ δηλώσῃς. καλῶς ποιήσεις, ἐὰν μέλλῃ ἀναβῆναι Λούκις ὁ συστρατιώτης ἐκ τοῦ πραισιδίου μου ἤ τε μετὰ ὄνων ἤ τε μετὰ προβολ…
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