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 […]
[…]
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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.