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Fragmentary private letter to a 'brother', mentioning Asklepiades, travel from the city, a deposit (earnest money) for camels, barley and beans. It dates to the 1st or 2nd century AD.
The left side of every line is lost, so only isolated phrases survive. 'Brother' may be a courtesy address rather than a sibling.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Privatbrief). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[…]…καιρε […]… […]οι Ἁρποκρα[…]δ ε…αδεε […]ων …ουατν […] ι αὐτοῦ δὲ […]…ων ι […]…πλε […]πειθόντων […]εἰ δὲ δι… τοῦτο […]κον ἐπιτυχων […]ἀναβαίνοντος […]Ἀσκληπιάδην ἐπι […]…ι…να αὐτὸν […]ης καὶ καταταχυ […]… καὶ ἐπιστόλια α […]ων ἀπὸ πόλεως […]ουτ[…] ἐπειγομε[…]ως αὐτὸν περιμε […]…
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