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A private letter from Dios to his 'brother' about household and farming business: he reports that, with the arrival of the hegoumenos, the work on 2 arouras will be finished, complains that Keramos does nothing but talk at dinner when the addressee is away, and asks him to buy goods through Ammas or another trustworthy agent. It dates to the 2nd century AD.
The place name read as 'Eilysinena' is uncertain. 'Hegoumenos' is a title for a leader or superintendent with no exact English equivalent, and 'brother' may be a term of affection rather than kinship.
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.
[ctr] Δίος Ω[…] ἀδελφῷ …[…] ἐπεὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα[…] οἰκίας ης…[…] αἰγυπτιω[…]παραγενομένου σοῦ ἐξ ειλυσινηνα ἵνα μὴ ματαίως πολλάκις συνιστανόμεθα καὶ σκύλλωμεν τὰς γυναῖκας καὶ τοὺς φίλους· ὅταν γὰρ ἀνέλθής, ἐπιγνώσῃ τὰ πραχθέντα· ἅμα δὲ σήμερον παραγενομένου τοῦ ἡγουμένου Θεῶν ἐπιτρε…
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