One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1662

Fragment of a letter mentioning Ariston TM 1662unbekanntMitte III v.Chr.

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Small fragment of a Greek letter from the mid-3rd century BC, with a health formula and a mention of a man called Ariston. Only scattered phrases survive, so its business cannot be recovered.

In English machine translation

[…] well […] […] and being in good health myself also […] […] of Ariston […] […] to you (pl.), well […] […] and wages (?) […] […] something therefore into […] […] you (pl.) … to me […] […] … […] […] not even […] [… ? lines lost …]

The word katerga can mean wages, hire charges or the cost of labour, so its sense here is uncertain. The text probably belongs to the Zenon archive, but no place is given in the records.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

p.lond.7.2101

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Mitte III v.Chr.

[…]ι καλῶς …[…] […]ὑγίαινον δὲ καὶ αὐτός[…] […]… Ἀρίστωνος […] […]πρὸς ὑμᾶς, καλῶς[…] […]ι καὶ κάτεργα […] […]…[…]η τι οὖν εἰς τ[…] […]…ατέ μοι ἐπιτ[…] […]…παρα παρα μ…ναι[…] […]……[…]μηδε[…] [… ? lines lost …]