Letter to Didyme about a chest and a basket of goods sent by sailor TM 28986Oxyrhynchosspätes II - frühes III

A private letter from a man (name lost) to Didyme, his 'sister', telling her to collect a chest and a basket of goods, including glass flasks, skins, a cloak and daggers, sent through a slave of the strategos and a sailor, with the basket's key sent separately. He reassures her about the rent and greets their daughter Tauseiris and Sarapas. Oxyrhynchus, late 2nd to early 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

'Sister' may mean a wife here, since the writer calls Tauseiris 'the daughter'. The meaning of 'sikaria' (daggers or small knives) and 'tetradermata' (four-hide skins) is uncertain.

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