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[… 1 line lost …] […]ως ὑγιήσω καὶ πλουτῶ καὶ μνήσκομαι φίλων καὶ ἐὰν χρείαν ἔχῃς χάρτους ἐπὶ το……ώσω σοι […] ἀσπάζομαι Σερῆνον τὸν απω …[…]αν…[…] καὶ τοὺς … [… 2 lines lost …] […]ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι … πανοικεὶ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 25558
Fragment of a private letter with an offer of papyrus and greetings to Serenos TM 25558unbekanntI - IV
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 2 records across 2 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
Fragment of a private Greek letter in which the writer speaks of health, wealth and remembering friends, offers to supply papyrus if the recipient needs it, and sends greetings to Serenos. It closes with a wish for the health of the recipient and the whole household.
In English machine translation
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[…] so that I may be healthy and be rich and remember my friends; and if you need papyrus for […] I will […] you
[…] I greet Serenos the […]
[…] and the […]
[… 2 lines lost …]
[…] I pray for your health, with all your household.
The verb in the papyrus offer is only partly legible, so the exact sense (sending or providing) is uncertain. "Remember my friends" renders an unusual verb form, probably for mimneskomai.
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.