p.mil.vogl.6.300
Τρύφων Κρ…[…] τῶι ἀδελφῶι …[…] χαίρειν. γινώσκειν σε …[…] ὅτι ἤκουσα …[…] ωρα περὶ ὑμῶν[…] ἵνα εἴπω …[…] εἶπεν τοῖς υἱοῖς[…] Λυσᾶτος καὶ …[…] υἱοῖς Ἀπιάτος[…] οὖν ἄλλως […] ἀναβατ…[…] …[…] [… ? lines lost …]
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Letter from Tryphon to his brother TM 28884Tebtynis (Arsinoites)II
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Fragmentary private letter from Tryphon to his brother, written in the 2nd century AD at Tebtynis in the Fayum. Tryphon reports something he heard concerning his brother's family and mentions the sons of Lysas and of Apias.
In English machine translation
Tryphon Kr[…]
to his brother […]
greetings.
I want you to know […]
that I heard […]
[…] about you […]
so that I may say […]
he said to the sons […]
of Lysas and […]
sons of Apias […]
therefore otherwise […]
go up (?) […]
[…]
[… ? lines lost …]
The right side of every line and the end of the letter are lost, so the content cannot be reconstructed. The word rendered 'go up' (anabat-) survives only in part.
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 Tryphon al fratello). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.