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A private letter from Seleukos to his brother Athenodoros asking him to load two more fine items for a third person and promising to send two things in a few days. It was written in the Herakleopolite nome on 25 June 15 BC, in the reign of Augustus.
Several words in the middle are garbled or illegible, so the objects being shipped are unknown. 'Brother' may be a courtesy term rather than a literal relationship.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as 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.
Σέλευκος Ἀθηνοδώρωι τῶι ἀδελφῶι πλεῖστα χαίρειν καὶ ἐρρῶσθαι ἐπὶ πάντα προκεχείρισμαι· πρὸς τὰ δὲ ἕτερα εὖ ποιήσεις ἐμβαλλόμενος αὐτῶι ἑτέρους δύο καλοὺς καὶ ἀναγρομεναι χρήσας αν…δ… μεθʼ ἡμέρας ὀλίγας πέμψω βαυβ…ς δύο · ἐκ παντὸς οὖν τρόπου πάντα μὴ κατα[…]ς ἐπίστασαι γὰρ ὡς κατ…
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