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A short private letter from Kallirhoe to Sarapias, saying she prays for her daily before Sarapis, that the household misses her, and exchanging greetings with several friends and relatives. It comes from Oxyrhynchus and dates to the late 2nd or 3rd century AD.
The word kopria (literally 'little dung-heaps') is puzzling here; it may be an affectionate nickname for Sarapias's children or a corruption of another word, and its sense is uncertain. The 'obeisance' (proskynema) is a standard formula for a prayer made on the addressee'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 Letter of Callirhoë to Sarapias). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] Καλλιρώη Σαραπιάδι τῇ κυρίᾳ χαίρειν. τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Σαράπιδι. ἀφʼ ἧς ἀπῆλθες ἐπιζητοῦμέν σου τὰ κόπρια θέλοντές σε ἰδεῖν. ἀσπάζου Θερμούθιν καὶ Ἡλιάδα καὶ Πλουτίονα καὶ Ἀφροδίτην καὶ Νεμεσιανόν. ἀσπάζονται ὑμᾶς Κάραβος καὶ Ἁρποκρατίων…
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