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Letter to Longinus Priscus with family greetings TM 27603Philadelphia (Arsinoites)II

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Fragmentary private letter to Longinus Priscus, conveying greetings from his brothers, their children and wives, and asking him, addressed as 'child', to write a letter. From Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome, 2nd century AD.

In English machine translation

[So-and-so] to Longinus Priscus, his […], very many greetings. […] your brothers Soueros (?) […]…olis and the children […] and their wives and the […]. I ask you, child, […] saying that […] a little letter because of one […] write [me] a little letter […] […] [… 3 lines lost …] [… ? lines lost …]

The sender's name is lost; the address 'child' (teknon) suggests a parent or older relative. The names of the brothers are only partly preserved.

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

bgu.7.1672

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · II · Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

ὁ δεῖναΛογγείνωι Πρείσκωι τῶι […] πλεῖστα χαίρειν. […]οἱ ἀδελφοί σου Σουηροῦς […]…ολϊς καὶ τὰ παιδία […]καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ […] […]ς. ἐρωτῶ σε, τέκνον, […]πειτου λέγων, ὅτι ὑπο[…] […] ἐπιστόλιον διʼ ἕνα […] γράψον μοι ἐπιστόλιον […]τ…[…]ην[…] [… 3 lines lost …] [… ? line…