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[… 1 line lost …] […]… προσκύνημά σου […]…ισ…ξε παρὰ θεοῖς[…] […]σου τὴν ὁλοκληρίαν […] […]… καὶ τοῖς σου τέκνοις[…] [… 13 lines lost …] […]… τοῦ σου υἱοῦ ἀλλα[…] […] ἐμοῦ Ἰσιδώρας ο[…] [… 12 lines lost …]
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Fragment of a private letter in Greek, preserving parts of the usual opening formulas: the writer's act of obeisance before the gods on the recipient's behalf and wishes for the health of the recipient and their children. A son of the recipient and a woman named Isidora are mentioned; the rest is lost.
The proskynema was the writer's act of worship made for the recipient before a god, a standard formula in letters of Roman Egypt.
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.
[… 1 line lost …] […]… προσκύνημά σου […]…ισ…ξε παρὰ θεοῖς[…] […]σου τὴν ὁλοκληρίαν […] […]… καὶ τοῖς σου τέκνοις[…] [… 13 lines lost …] […]… τοῦ σου υἱοῦ ἀλλα[…] […] ἐμοῦ Ἰσιδώρας ο[…] [… 12 lines lost …]
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