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A private letter from Menelaos and Herakleia to their son Athenodoros, opening with wishes for his health and prosperity. The rest is badly damaged, with only scattered phrases such as 'we do not have' and 'writes continually' surviving. It comes from the Herakleopolite nome.
Only the opening greeting is fully preserved; the body of the letter is too damaged to recover its purpose.
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.
Μενέλαος καὶ Ἡράκλεια Ἀθηνοδώρωι τῶι υἱῷ πλεῖστα χαίρειν καὶ ἐρρωμένωι διευτυχεῖν αἰεὶ καὶ διὰ παντὸς καθάπερ εὐχόμεθα· …ου σου τὰς λ…[…]κατα …οίμεθα οὐκ ἔχομεν […]υτο […]οσασε…[…]…αι […]…σι[…] ημειν ἡμεῖν τας[…]… ποιῇ ἀφʼ ὧν …[…] […]ου γράφει διὰ παντὸς […]θος καὶ …[…] [… ? line…
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