A fragmentary private letter of the 2nd century AD, possibly written from Alexandria, with a prayer to the lord Sarapis on the recipient's behalf. The writer mentions a letter sent by a third person, items including a white garment linked to one Ammonas, and news that the recipient's son is well, attending to some matter and about to come.
In English machine translation
[…]mos to his dearest, very many greetings.
Before all else I pray that you are in good health, and I make your obeisance before the lord Sarapis together with […]
[…] as you indicated to me, I went to […]
[…] many things, and he himself wrote to you […] of Ammonas, which he sent […] a white tunic (?).
I want you to know that your son is about to come […] and for a long time he was slow (?) […] he is well and is attending
[the court (?)] […] going out […] to take me, he did not give me
[…] he gave. […] greets you
[…] I pray for your health.
The obeisance before Sarapis suggests Alexandria, but the place is uncertain. The word read as "tunic" (dikithona, a misspelling of chitona) and the restoration "court" are 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 (from Alexandria?)). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.