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A private letter from Kephalion to Komon asking him to help a woman named Nemesous, who had gone up to the metropolis, by getting her to return quickly because of her workshop. It dates to the second half of the 1st century AD and comes from Oxyrhynchus.
Kaisareios is the Roman-period name for the Egyptian month Mesore (late July to August). The word 'make' is supplied by the editor where the scribe omitted a verb.
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.
[r] Κεφαλίων Κομώνι τῶι τιμιωτάτωι πλεῖστα χαίρειν. Νεμεσοῦν οὐκ ἀγνοεῖς περὶ ἧς ἄλλοτε σὲ ἠρώτησα βοηθῆσαι αὐτῇ. καλῶς οὖν ποιήσεις ἐπεὶ ἀνῆλθεν εἰς τὴν μητρόπολιν ποιεῖν τάχιον αὐτὴν κατελθεῖν διὰ τὸ ἐργαστήριον αὐτῆς. μὴ οὖν ἄλλως ποιήσῃς. ἔρρωσο σὺν τῇ ἀδελφῇ σοῦ καὶ τοῖς σοῖ…
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