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Letter of two brothers to their father about delayed business TM 26598unbekanntII - III

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A private letter in which two brothers write jointly to their father, explaining a delay in writing, asking him to write often, and saying they will sail downriver once their business is finished. They send greetings to their brother, mother, the most excellent Abaskantos and the household; their companion Hypatos is mentioned as being in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

[recto] […] to Desios(?), our father, greetings. We suffered distress (?) that you should have learned the reason for our writing to you slowly from the letter which our companion Hypatos, in the Arsinoite nome, wrote to you. Nonetheless we now write to you jointly, urging you to do the same for us continually. For through the letters we receive from you we seem to see you as well. Up to now our little affairs have not yet come to an end; but if, the gods granting, we complete them, we will hasten to sail down quickly so that we may be able to bring matters there to a conclusion too. Greet our brother and our mother from us, and the most excellent Abaskantos and all those in the house. All our people greet you. We pray for your health, lord father, in good health and prosperity. [verso] […] to Desios(?), father

The father's name survives only as an ending (-desios), so the full name is uncertain. The opening clause with the scribal correction ἐκά⟨μο⟩μεν is awkward and its sense is uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter of Two Brothers to their Father). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

DDbDP-text Full record →

p.haun.2.16

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · II - III

[r] […]δησίῳ τῶι πατρί χαίρειν. ἐκάμομέν σε ἐγνωκέναι τὴν αἰτίαν τοῦ βραδέως ἡμᾶς ἐπιστέλλειν σοι διʼ οὗ ὁ ἑταῖρος ἡμῶν Ὕπατος ἐν Ἀρσινοΐτῃ ὧν ἔγραψέ σοι ἐπιστολίου. οὐδὲν δὲ ἧττον κοινῇ καὶ νῦν ἐπιστέλλομέν σοι προτρεπόμενοί σε συνεχῶς τὸ αὐτὸ ἡμῖν ποιεῖν. διʼ ὧν γὰρ κομιζόμεθά …