Letter from Paniskos to his wife Ploutogenia requesting his arms TM 21347Koptos, Coptite nome, province of Egyptca. 296-297 A.D.

[recto] Paniskos to Ploutogenia his wife, greetings. I instructed you when I was leaving not to go off to your house, and you went off all the same. If you want something, you do it, taking no account of me. But I know that my mother is doing this. Look, I have sent you three letters and you have not written me even one. If you do not want to come up to me, no one is forcing you. I wrote you these letters because your sister forces me to write here. Since you are not able to write about this, then write about yourself. I have heard other things that are not fitting for you. Send me my helmet and the shield (?) and the 5 small lances and my cuirass and my belt. I greet your mother Heliodora. The letter-carrier, when he came up to me, told me that when he was about to leave he said to my wife and her mother, 'Give me a letter to take to Paniskos,' and they did not give one. I have sent you through Antoninus from Psinestis 1 talent. I pray for your health. [verso] To Ploutogenia his wife […]