Private letter urging a visit, with greetings and condolences TM 29230unbekanntII

Fragmentary private letter of the 2nd century AD in which the writer urges the recipient to come quickly on receiving it, expresses grief over the daughter of the recipient's sister-in-law, and sends greetings to family and acquaintances, including Pabetas the carpenter. A closing note remarks that the letter contains one erasure at the start of the fifth line.

In English machine translation

The postscript noting an erasure (literally a 'smear') is unusual; it was probably meant to show the correction was authentic. The Greek word for 'sister-in-law' can also mean daughter-in-law.

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