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Fragmentary opening of a private letter addressed to a certain Didymos, praising his character and apparently complaining of his silence until now. The writer addresses him as 'philosopher'. It dates to the 1st or 2nd century AD.
The left side of every line is lost, so the sense is largely uncertain. The word protomadion is rare and its meaning unclear, and lemmation may mean a small parcel or a small sum.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre privée). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[…]Διδύμωι τῶι […] πλεῖστα χαίρειν. […]νος τοῦ σου ἤθους […]ως πάντας ἐξαιρέτως […]μέχρι τοῦ νῦν σιωπὴν […]ων σε πως εἰς ἐμὲ […]…ας καὶ οὕτως μοι […] καὶ διὰ τοῦ προτομαδίου […]ιδιος λημματίου […]σαι …ον φανε […]… γὰρ οὕτως ἐξετάζειν […] φιλόσοφε […]βιου…ου […]κα ως καὶ αὐτὸς […]…
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