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Letter from the standard-bearer Celer to his sister TM 28941unbekanntII - III

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A private letter from Celer, a military standard-bearer, to a woman he calls his sister and "my lady", urging her to bring her belongings, grain, oil, dates and pickled olives and come to him. He mentions sending her 40 drachmas, paying a boat fare of 60 drachmas, and arrangements involving a certain Ammas and Arsinoe.

In English machine translation

[column 1] […] (only scattered letters survive from about 21 lines) […] [column 2] And you will send to Arsinoe to K[…] for the good oil […] […] to bring the dates […] your […] bring about three mats […] the provisions of grain. And bring all your own things so that you do not make me spend the winter again, my lady, whether you wish it or not. I am being pressed. Bring them, and I will do everything as Ammas wishes. I sent you, my lady, 40 drachmas, and I paid the boat fare, 60 drachmas. I could have sent you 100 drachmas, but I did not send them. You yourself know why I did not send them. You are sensible. Think about it. And take care that you get the grain from Ammas, since I need it. See to it, my lady, that you do not come without olives, but […] pickle […] artabas and bring them […] you find three and […] […] to take care yourself […] […] Ammas […] […] what sort of […] […] sent (?) […] […] […] […] [verso] [To …] his sister, from Celer, standard-bearer.

"Sister" in such letters may denote a wife rather than a sibling. The phrase translated "make me spend the winter again" is uncertain in sense; it may mean "cause me trouble again".

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

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

[r,1] […]…η […]…ν […]ς […]…ο […]…ρας […]…πυ […]αιτο […]υαλ […]λασφη […]σε […]…πολλα […]κον […]της […]…γυς […]ας […]…της […]και […]…αυ […]…ν…ν […]…ον […]νε [r,2] καὶ πέμψεις εἰς Ἀρσινόην πρὸς Κ…… χάριν τοῦ ἐλαίου τοῦ χρηστοῦ …… να[…] τὰ φοινίκια ἐνέγκαι ……ται σου ἔνεγκον ὡσεὶ τρεῖ…