Letter to Herakleides about flour, the writer's mother and pickled fish TM 17524unbekannt6. Juli 27

A private letter, its beginning lost, sent to Herakleides in the Oxyrhynchite nome. The writer acknowledges receipt of good fine flour, asks him to check whether the writer's mother needs anything, sends greetings, and asks him to buy and pickle a small fish if he comes across one. It is dated 6 July AD 27.

In English machine translation

The phrase rendered 'small fish suitable for mustard sauce' (opsaridin sinaperon) is of uncertain meaning. 'Brother' may be a term of affection rather than a literal kinship term.

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