Fragment of a private letter of the 2nd century AD, opening with the usual greetings and prayer for the recipient's health. The sender reports having gone to someone and mentions a Longinus and a brother; most of the content is lost. The back carries a delivery address.
In English machine translation
[recto]
Greetings, my lord […]
I greet […]. Before all else […]
I pray to all the gods that you are in good health […]
but that you are […]
I want you to know that I came […]
to the […]
of the same […]
to give me […]
and Longin[us] […]
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If only […]
[…] bring (?) […]
[…] went away (?) […]
me […]
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[…] with […]
not having […]
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brother […]
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[verso]
Deliver to […] from […]
Much of the opening formula is restored by the editor from standard letter phrasing.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of a 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.