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Letter to Priskos from his son asking for bread, a linen tunic and reed pens TM 28777unbekanntII - III

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Private letter from a son, whose name begins Pr[…], to his father Priskos, asking him to send bread, a linen tunic and reed pens, and sending greetings to many family members. It dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD, written on Phaophi 30.

In English machine translation

Pr[…] to Priskos his father, greetings. Before all else I pray that you are in good health. You will do well to send me loaves of bread and the linen tunic and the reed pens (?). Greet also my mother and my brother Theon and little Thermouthis and my brother Demas and my sister Ptollous and Ptollas and little Ptollas and Atres. Farewell, most honoured father. Phaophi 30. You have the reed pens in your box. Your sister greets you, and […] [Address:] P[…] to Priskos

The word 'reed pens' (kalamoi) in the request is restored from the postscript, which mentions them in the father's box (glossokomon).

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

DDbDP-text Full record →

p.mil.2.76

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · II - III

Πρ[…]Πρείσκῳ τῷ πατρὶ χαίρειν. πρὸ τῶν ὅλων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν. καλῶς ποιήσεις εἰ πέμψεις μοι ἄρτους καὶ τὸ λινοῦν χιτώνιον καὶ καλάμους ἄσπασαι καὶ τὴν μητέρα καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν Θέωνα καὶ Θερμοῦθιν τὴν μικρὰν καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν Δημᾶν καὶ τὴν ἀδελφὴν Πτολλοῦν καὶ Πτολλᾶν καὶ Πτολλᾶν …