Letter of condolence and requests to Tryphon and Euangelos TM 28117Provenance unknown2nd - 3rd century A D

Fragmentary private letter from an unknown writer to Tryphon and Euangelos, expressing grief at the death of Euangelos' small child and asking them to send something by the boats of the people of Akoris, and to tell Ammonous to send money. It is dated to year 20 of an unnamed emperor, in the 2nd or 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

The boats of the Akoritans refers to boats from Akoris in Middle Egypt; the provenance of the letter itself is unknown. 'Chalkos' literally means copper or bronze, here probably money.

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