Fragmentary business letter from Dioskoros to his brother, asking him to give something to a certain Ptolemaios and mentioning two jars of wine from Dioskoros' own account, vegetables from a common store, and fodder. It closes with greetings, including to a father. Dated to the 2nd-3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
Dioskoros to his brother, greetings.
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"Brother" may be a courtesy term for a colleague rather than a sibling. The reading "fodder" (Greek chortos, spelled korton) 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 Fragment of a Business 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.