p.oxy.2.396
Διονύσιος Σαραπίωνι τῶι ἀδελφῶι χαίρειν καὶ διὰ παντὸς ἐρρωμένῳ εὐτυχεῖν. [… 7 lines lost …] Ὀννῶφρις δέ σοι μεγάλως εὐχαριστεῖ. ἐπεὶ δὲ μετρίως εἶχε ὑπὸ τὴν ὥραν ἐνεσημάνθη οὐκ εἴσχυσέ σοι γράψαι.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 25686
Letter from Dionysios to his brother Sarapion TM 25686Oxyrhynchosspätes I
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Opening and closing of a private letter from Dionysios to his brother Sarapion, found at Oxyrhynchus and dating to the late 1st century AD. The surviving end reports that Onnophris thanks Sarapion warmly but was too unwell to write himself.
In English machine translation
Dionysios to Sarapion his brother, greetings and constant good health and prosperity.
[… 7 lines lost …]
Onnophris thanks you greatly. But since he was in poor health at the time it was sealed (?), he was not able to write to you.
Only the opening and the final lines survive; the body of the letter (7 lines) is not given in the edition. The meaning of 'enesemanthe' (was sealed, or was signalled) at the end is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.