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Fragments of a private letter with greetings TM 26826unbekanntII - III

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Fragments of a private Greek letter from Roman Egypt, dating to the 2nd or 3rd century AD. The writer asks for news of the recipient's health, mentions a letter and some family matters, and passes on greetings from Eucharios, Aspa[…]os with his children, and Tetais.

In English machine translation

[Fragment A, recto] […] and write to me about your health […] […] your […] someone […] […] has given […]; for his […] […] they wrote by all means […] you fed (?) the nurse (?) […] the letter, 24th of the […] always Eucharios […] Aspa[…]os greets you with the children […] and the brother […] Tetais with the […] […] living […] […] you […] [Fragment A, verso] [… 14 lines lost …] [Fragment B, recto] […] child […] […] outside, beside […] […] greet. What is it then […]

The phrase rendered 'fed the nurse' (ἔτρεψας τῇ τροφῶι) is uncertain and may mean something else in its lost context. The verso of fragment A had 14 lines that are entirely lost.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment de lettre). 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.ifao.2.42

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

[FrA,r] […]γράψον δʼ ἐμοὶ περὶ ὑγιείας σου[…] […]ης σου τις ο[…] […]τα δέδωκε […]της· αὐτοῦ γαρ […] ἔγραψαν πάντως […] ἔτρεψας τῇ τροφῶι […] τὸ γράμμα κδ τῆς […]τα ἀεὶ Εὐχαιριος[…]ἀσπάζεταί σε Ἀσπα[…]ος μετὰ τῶν τέκνων[…] καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν[…]Τετάιν μετὰ τῶν […]…ρως ζωουσι […]κα…θη[…