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A private letter on an ostracon from Psenpaapis to his brother Gemellus, asking him to go to the doctor to obtain saffron (krokos) and send it to him, and mentioning medical eye-salves. It was found at the Roman quarry site of Mons Claudianus in the Eastern Desert.
Krokos (saffron) was used as an ingredient in eye-salves (kollyria); the middle lines are damaged and their exact sense is uncertain. 'Brother' and 'sister' may be terms of affection rather than kinship.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre de Psenpaapis). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ψενπααπις Γεμέλλῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ πλῖστα χαίρειν. καλῶς ποιήσις, ἄδελφε, ὕπαγε πρὸς τὸν ἰατρὸν ἵνα δώσι σοι τὴν κρόκον καὶ πέμψις μοι ἐπὶ ταῦτα ἃ ἔπεμψές μοι οὐπ…ο…έλαβα… κολλύρια ἰατρικὰ δ… κο… ἐλεύσομαι πρὸς σέ· ἄσπαζε Ταησις τὴν ἀδελφήν σου πολλὰ καὶ τοὺς φιλοῦντάς σε. ἔρρωσο.
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