p.ifao.2.30
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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 26823
Letter to Taisas TM 26823unbekanntII
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Fragment of a private Greek letter addressed to a woman named Taisas, opening with the usual prayer for her health and that of her children. Only scattered words of the body survive, mentioning something naval, a friend, vessels and pairs. It dates to the 2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
[…] to Taisas […]
[…] greetings […]
[…] Before all else I pray that you […]
[…] are in good health, and your children, unharmed by the evil eye, […]
[…] … […]
[…] of the naval (?) […]
[…] … of the friend […]
[…] of the vessels (?) […]
[…] from […]
[…] pairs […]
[…] …
The word translated 'vessels' (angeion, written angeion with ng) may refer to jars or containers; 'pairs' (zeuge) could mean pairs of animals or objects.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre à Taïsas). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.