p.aberd.190
[1] [… 2 lines lost …] παραβολινθεῖται κύριε, εἰ ἐπιτρέπεις καὶ …τερω οὗ ἄρξομαι […]ετ[…]ς ἐλθεῖν καί εἰσιν διαστολαὶ εἰ τῇ πρόσδοσει καὶ εἰ ο[…]…οει[…]ς…[…] …ις[…]…[…] [… 1 line lost …] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 25663
Fragment of a letter asking permission of a superior TM 25663unbekanntI
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A small fragment of a private letter in Greek addressed to a superior called "lord", asking permission for something and mentioning instructions or distinctions and a payment or contribution. It dates to the 1st century AD.
In English machine translation
[1]
[… 2 lines lost …]
is being put at risk (?)
lord, if you permit
and […] which I shall begin […] to come
and there are instructions (?)
whether in the contribution (?) and
whether […]
[…]
[… 1 line lost …]
[… ? lines lost …]
The opening verb seems to be a misspelled form of paraboleuesthai, "to expose to danger", so its sense is uncertain. The word diastolai can mean "instructions" or "distinctions", and prosdosis can mean an additional payment or contribution.
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.