One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 25090

Fragment of a letter to Apollonios TM 25090unbekanntI

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Opening lines of a private letter addressed to Apollonios, called brother by the sender, whose name is lost. Only a few words survive, mentioning a matter and a letter. It dates to the 1st century AD.

In English machine translation

[…] to Apollonios […] his brother, greetings. […] … matter […] of a letter […] …

"Brother" may be a courtesy form of address rather than a family relationship.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment de lettre). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

p.ifao.2.38

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · I

[…]Ἀπολλωνίωι […]τῶι ἀδελφῶι χαίρειν […]…αρτιας πρᾶγμα […] ἐπιστολῆς […]ες επ[…]δα