p.erl.112
[…]παλαιὰν φιλίαν […] […] σοι πολλάκις[…] […]ε ἐρωτῶ […] […]χαριεῖ μοι πέμψας[…] […]ωει ἐὰν δὲ […] […]ηκοντα ἢ καὶ […] […]στω μόνον […] […]με σπούδασον[…] […] ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 28590
Fragment of a letter appealing to an old friendship TM 28590unbekanntII
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Fragment of a private letter in Greek, in which the writer appeals to an old friendship, asks the recipient to send something and urges haste, closing with a wish for good health. It dates to the 2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
[…] old friendship […]
[…] to you often […]
[…] I ask […]
[…] you will do me a favour by sending […]
[…] but if […]
[…]ty (?) or also […]
[…] only […]
[…] make haste […]
[…] I pray for your health […]
Only the middle of each line survives, so the object requested and the persons involved are unknown.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Brief). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.