Letter August 1, 251 BC
Lower right hand corner of a letter cut from a larger piece
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1766
Fragment of a letter about people to be led away TM 1766unbekannt251 BCE
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Fragment from the end of a letter in which the writer refers to letters, to someone wishing to have people led away, and says he has therefore written to the addressee. It is dated Year 35, Pauni 11, corresponding to 1 August 251 BC, in the reign of Ptolemy II.
In English machine translation
[…] letters and he wanted […]
[…] (men) to lead them away […]
[…] is. Having heard these things […]
[…]. I have therefore written to you […]
[…]. Year 35, Pauni 11.
Only the lower right-hand corner survives, so the beginnings of all lines are lost and the context is unknown.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of a Letter). 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.col.3.50
[…]ἐπιστολὰς καὶ ἠβούλετο […] ἀπάξοντας αὐτοὺς […]ἐστιν. ταῦτʼ ἀκούσαντες […]ιν. γέγραφα οὖν σοι […]οι. ἔτους λε Παῦνι ια.