Letter from Sempronius to his mother Satornila TM 28976unbekanntspätes II

A private letter from Sempronius to his mother Satornila, opening with greetings and a daily prayer for her before the god Sarapis. The damaged body mentions his brother Maximus and Alexandria, someone who escaped after much suffering, the village of Boukoloi, and something sent weighing two staters. Late 2nd century AD.

In English machine translation

Sempronius and his mother Satornila are known from other letters of the same family; the name Sempronius here is restored. The proskynema is a ritual act of worship made on someone's behalf before a god.

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