p.erl.117
Μ[…]ατης Πετεσούχωι τῶι ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν καὶ ἐρρῶσθαι. οὐκ εὖ πεποίηκας οὐκ ἀποδοὺς Τεφερσάιτι τῇ ἀδελφῆι τὸ ἀργύριον. ἐγὼ παρεκάλουν· ἐάν τι βούληι, ἰδέ, ὑπάρχει σὺ μὲν οὐκ εὖ πεποίηκας ἀνθʼ ὧν [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 25716
Letter of reproach to Petesouchos about money owed to Tephersais TM 25716unbekanntI
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Fragment of a private letter from a man whose name is partly lost to his brother Petesouchos, reproaching him for not paying money owed to their sister Tephersais. It dates to the 1st century AD.
In English machine translation
M[…]ates to Petesouchos his brother, greetings and good health.
You have not done well in not paying the money to Tephersais our (?) sister. I was urging you: if you want anything, see, it is available (?); but you have not done well, because […]
[…]
The phrase 'you have not done well' is a standard epistolary formula of reproach. The end of the letter is lost, and the line beginning 'see, it is available' is of uncertain sense.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Brief). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.