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Fragmentary letter to a sister mentioning Nemesas, Magnus and Nikopolis TM 27604Philadelphia (Arsinoites)II

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A fragmentary private letter in Greek addressed to the writer's sister, from Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome, 2nd century AD. It mentions people named Nemesas and Magnus, something thrown out at night, and a journey to Nikopolis, ending with a request to send something quickly.

In English machine translation

[…] to my sister, very many greetings. [Before all else] I pray that you are in good health. […] not […] […] […] […] and you told me, Nemesas, […] that during the night they threw out […] Magnus, you told me that the […] having thrown out […] […] one […] on one day as […] having come to Nikopolis […] that you do not understand (?) […] of themselves I turned back to […] sister, that we were saying the […] on the day. Do not think that […] he has sought […] to distribute (?) […] but as we were saying the […] coming […] on that day. For if he had known […] to let everything go […] receiving […] […] quickly to send […]

The left side of every line is lost, so the connections between surviving phrases are uncertain; Nemesas and Magnus may be addressed or quoted rather than the recipient.

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.7.1673

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

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