One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1692

Fragment of a letter asking for instructions to Nikobios TM 1692unbekanntMitte III v.Chr.

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Fragment of a letter in which the writer asks the addressee, if he agrees, to write to a certain Nikobios instructing him to release something to the writer. It dates to the mid-3rd century BC.

In English machine translation

[…] and of my brother other 8, so that there are 30 (?). If then it seems good to you, you will do well to write to Nikobios to release to me the […] […]

The letters η and λ are probably numerals (8 and 30), but the context is lost. The phrasing and date suggest the Zenon archive, though the records do not say so.

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.7.2132

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

[… ? lines lost …] καὶ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ μου ἄλλα η ὥστʼ εἶναι λ. εἰ οὖν σοι φαίνεται, καλῶς ποιήσεις γράψας Νικοβίωι ἀφεῖναί μοι τὰ προ [… ? lines lost …]