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[… ? lines lost …] […] κάπιτον […] […]ου φιλανθρωπι[…]ν καὶ εἰ καινοτε[…]περὶ Ἡρακλιανοῦ […]ιδη μετεωρι[…]χε γράψαι μοι […]υθητο…. ἀσπάζομαι[…]τὰ ἀβάσκαντά σου παιδία[…] […]ἐρρῶσθαι εὔχομαι […]…η
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 26509
Fragmentary private letter asking for news about Heraklianos TM 26509unbekanntII
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Fragment of a private Greek letter from Roman Egypt, 2nd century AD. The writer asks the recipient to write with any news about a certain Heraklianos, sends greetings to the recipient's children, and closes with the usual wish for good health.
In English machine translation
[...]
[...] allowance (?) [...]
[...] kindness [...] and if anything new [...] about Heraklianos
[...] anxious (?) [...] write to me
[...] I greet [...] your children, may the evil eye not touch them [...]
[...] I pray for your health
[...]
The phrase "may the evil eye not touch them" renders abaskantos, a common protective epithet for children in letters. "Kapiton" may be the Latin loanword capitum (a fodder or ration allowance) or part of a name such as Kapiton.
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.