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Fragment of a letter recommending a man to the recipients' help TM 1664unbekanntMitte III v.Chr.

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Fragment from the middle of a Greek letter, apparently a letter of recommendation, asking the recipients to help a man with whatever he needs in their area. It dates to the mid-3rd century BC.

In English machine translation

[…] […] and to him […] letter to us carefully […] and as for the rest if he has any need of things in your area, help him, for the man has considerable need in […] and also […]

The papyrus belongs to the London collection of 3rd-century BC papers, which are probably from the Zenon archive, though no provenance is recorded here.

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.7.2103

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

[… ? lines lost …] […] δὲ αὐτῶι […]ν ἐπιστολὴ πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἐπιμελῶς …ρηται…καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ δὲ εἴ τινα χρείαν ἔχει τῶν καθʼ ὑμᾶς, συμπαραλάβητε αὐτῶι, ὁ γὰρ ἄνθρωπος ἔχει ἱκανὴν χρείαν ἐν […]…[…]δὲ καὶ [… ? lines lost …]