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The end of a letter from Oxyrhynchus, dated 4 February AD 62, in which the writer reports that a woman named Sarapous, a fugitive, is in the city. The writer asks the recipient to look after his son Komon and Charitous and her son.
The opening of the letter is lost, so the sender, recipient and Sarapous's relation to the recipient are unknown. A 'Sebaste' (Augusta) day was a day named in honour of the emperor.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Private (?) 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.
[… ? lines lost …] [… 2 lines lost …] […]οσ…τηνδ[…] σου Σαραποῦν οὖσαν ἐν δρασμῶι ἐπὶ τῆς πόλεως εἶναι. λοιπὸν οὖν ἀναγκαῖον ἡγησαμ… ἔπεμψά σοι. ἐπισκοποῦ Κόμωνα τὸν υἱόν σου καὶ Χαριτοῦν καὶ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς. τὰ δʼ ἄλλα ἔρρωσο. ἔτους η Νέρωνος Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ…
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