Fragment of a private letter from a man (or woman) to his sister, with greetings and prayers for her health. The writer offers to send something she asked about, mentions meat, people named Soueros and Aline, and a planned trip, and promises to visit soon. It dates to about AD 113-120, probably from Hermopolis.
In English machine translation
[…] to his (?) sister, greetings.
[Before] all else [I pray that you] are well, and I make [obeisance on your behalf] every day. You wrote to me about […] So if you need it, [send me] word [so that] I may send it to you. Greet Tothetion [and …] If I come to you, the meat […] Soueros […] me to go up to […] Aline writes to you, I will not allow […] to me. I will greet you soon.
[… greets you], your little one. Farewell. Phamenoth 26.
The left side of the papyrus is lost, so the sender's name and much of each line are missing. The 'obeisance' (proskynema) is a customary prayer made for the addressee before a god.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ein Brieffragment). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.