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Letter from Claudius Terentianus to his father Tiberianus about purchases for his mother TM 27082probably Alexandria, province of Egypt(Early) IInd century A.D.

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A Latin private letter from Claudius Terentianus to Claudius Tiberianus, whom he calls his father, passing on his mother's request that Tiberianus buy certain goods for her, preferably at a lower price. It dates to the early 2nd century AD and was probably written at Alexandria.

In English machine translation

[recto] Claudius Terentianus to Claudius Tiberianus his father, very many greetings. My mother greets you and asks you, if it can be done, to buy her […] she saw (?) the freedwoman of Germanus […] linen (?) and she desired that […] (?). See if you can find it at a lower price; buy it. My mother wants it at a lower price. The mattresses (?) which I brought her not […] greatly (?) […] So do, if you can, buy it and write back to me. For she said that she wanted it; for she said that she has buckets and a fork (?), and that you should send her […]. I tell her: 'I would not want to ask for them, but I can write you a letter, and he will send them to you if he finds them.' So buy at a lower price. I ask that you satisfy her, and those things too […] in my (?) from home […] For we hold you dear next to god, and you greet those who love us. Farewell. [verso] To Claudius Tiberianus, speculator.

The address is in Greek; a speculator was a military officer used as a courier or executor. Several damaged words make the exact items requested uncertain, and 'father' may be a term of respect rather than literal kinship.

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

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Private Letter

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Mich.inv. 5389 · (Early) IInd century A.D. · probably Alexandria, province of Egypt

Letter from Claudius Terentianus to his father(?) Claudius Tiberianus, asking him to make a number of purchases for his mother

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