p.oxy.49.3504
[… ? lines lost …] […]……[…] […]…μετε…[…] […]ἀμελήσῃς ἐκτιν[…] […]…α ἱμάτια οτε[…] ἔρρωσο. ἄσπασαι τοὺς παρʼ ἡμῶν πάντας κατʼ ὄνομα καὶ γράφε μοι περὶ ὧν θέλεις ὡς ἡδιστ[…] σωι. ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς[…] μοῦθις. Φαρμοῦθι […]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 24966
Fragmentary end of a private letter with greetings TM 24966OxyrhynchosI - II
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End of a private letter from Oxyrhynchus, dating to the 1st or 2nd century AD. The writer urges the recipient not to neglect something, mentions garments, sends greetings to everyone by name and invites the recipient to write about anything they need. Greetings are added from a person whose name ends in -mouthis.
In English machine translation
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[...] ... [...]
[...] ... [...]
[...] do not neglect [...] (?) [...]
[...] ... cloaks (?) [...]
Farewell. Greet all our people by name, and write to me about whatever you want, as [I will] most gladly [do it] (?) [...]. [...]mouthis greets you.
Pharmouthi [...]
The name of the person sending greetings survives only as its ending '-mouthis', a common ending of Egyptian names. The month Pharmouthi at the end gives part of the letter's date.
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.