Letter from Eudaimonis to her daughter Aline TM 19425Apollonopolites Heptakomias113 - 120

A private letter from Eudaimonis to her daughter Aline, wife of the strategos Apollonios, opening with prayers for the health of Aline, Apollonios and their children. The damaged middle mentions gods, Aphrodite and a priesthood, and the letter closes with greetings from Soueris and Heraidous. It belongs to the family archive of Apollonios from the Apollonopolite Heptakomias nome, early 2nd century AD.

In English machine translation

Apollonios is called Aline's brother, a customary affectionate term; he was in fact her husband. 'Unharmed by the evil eye' (abaskantos) is a stock epithet for children.

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