One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 26624

Fragmentary letter from a parent to a son TM 26624unbekanntII - III

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Fragmentary private letter addressed by a parent to a son, mentioning the son's son, a man, a sum of five staters and a request to send something. It dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

[Fragment A] […] [Fragment B] […] […] [Fragment C] […] [Fragment D+E] […] to her (?) son, greetings. […] of your son […] the man […] to me […] has used (?) […] quietly […] sent […] […] [Fragment F] […] […] […] […] […] received (?) […] […] five staters […] […] for the rest, send […] […] […] so that […] […] a little letter […] […] my son […]

The papyrus survives in several fragments, most of them largely illegible. A stater here is a coin worth four drachmas.

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

p.diog.48

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

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