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A short private letter from Maximos to Alexas, reporting that Alexas' children (?) and sister have not yet set out for some place and asking him to write about his health. It comes from Raima in the Eastern Desert, mid-2nd century AD.
One of three letters from Maximos to Alexas; the mention of 'children' and the goddess Isis rests on editorial restoration. The 'obeisance' (proskynema) is a customary prayer on the addressee's behalf before a deity.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Trois lettres de Maximos à Alexas). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Μάξιμος Ἀλεξᾶτι τῷ ἀδελφῷ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ παρὰ τῇ κυρίᾳ Ἴσιδι. γινώσκιν σε θέλω ὅτι τὰ παιδία σου καὶ ἡ ἀδελφή σου εἰς […] οὐκέτι ἀπῆλθαν. εἴ σοι τη… μὴ ἀμέλι μοι γράφιν περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας σου. ἀσπάζομαι Λέοντα καὶ Μαρῖνον καὶ πάντας. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι.
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